In leaps and bounds, with purpose | Rosianne Cutajar
PL candidate Rosianne Cutajar writes: Let us stay on course to build, step by step, on a plan for our country’s growth that continues to do us all proud
My Little Phoneys
Raphael Vassallo
Either Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil have gotten slightly ahead of themselves, and started smoking marijuana before actually legalising it... or else, my nostrils detect a...
Rom-Com 2: The Spurned Lover Strikes Back
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike Muscat, whose romance with the EU fizzled into an entirely ordinary...

Unlike Muscat, whose romance with the EU fizzled into an...

Simon’s broad church
Michael Falzon

The so-called ‘colourful language’ of the maverick PN candidate Salvu Mallia has thrown the problem of the tension within Simon Busuttil’s...

The so-called ‘colourful language’ of the...

The EU: Not an à la carte menu
Josanne Cassar

"Even the concept of being a full member of the EU is alien to some. People talk about “the EU” as a separate entity, when in fact, we ARE the...

"Even the concept of being a full member of the EU is...

That funny feeling
Saviour Balzan

"If the common denominator for any political party is based on how much of an asshole Muscat or Busuttil is, then really it is only a question of time...

"If the common denominator for any political party is...

Cartoon: 15 January 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The €14 billion vanishing act
Ralph Cassar

If our country does not seek to redress its taxation laws in a fair and measured manner, others will decide for us

If our country does not seek to redress its taxation laws...

Court turns down claim that sale of car was null
Malcolm Mifsud

A Court presided has held that the defects found in a second-hand car...

A Court presided has held that the defects found...

The Salvu Mallia ‘problem’

Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this is not the basis for a happy marriage of convenience

Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this...

If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Josanne Cassar

Until a Minister for Getting Things Done is appointed, it is we who have to push and make our voices heard every chance we get

Until a Minister for Getting Things Done is appointed, it...

Beyond good and evil
Raphael Vassallo

If Salvu Mallia thinks he is entitled to just crawl out from under a stone and tarnish other people’s credibility that way, well, can you just...

If Salvu Mallia thinks he is entitled to just crawl out...

A People’s Europe
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

"There are challenges we must face, and some people will try to have us believe that things cannot, or will not, change. We must resist such attitudes of...

"There are challenges we must face, and some people...

‘Obama, the Grinch who stole Christmas’
Frank Psaila

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to his American...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to...

Tear down obscene and criminal libel
Ingram Bondin

Obscene libel bears a striking resemblance to other censorship laws which have already been repealed. All these laws are odious

Obscene libel bears a striking resemblance to other...

Our greatest challenge in 2017

The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity to finally exorcise a traditional inferiority complex that has dogged our country since Colonial...

The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity...

The cost of human life
Michael Falzon

The proposal for the alcohol limit for drivers to be slashed from 0.8 gr. to 0.5 gr. is a step in the right direction and should be adopted without any further...

The proposal for the alcohol limit for drivers to be...

Unanswered questions? What unanswered questions?
Raphael Vassallo

I thought we had scraped the bottom of the absurdity barrel decades...

I thought we had scraped the bottom of the absurdity barrel...

Lessons from London
Saviour Balzan

Some of our arguments about architecture, environmental protection and townscape in Malta must be fuelled by some decent reasoning, not one based on simply...

Some of our arguments about architecture, environmental...

People are finally worried about breathalyser tests
Josanne Cassar

For the first time, people were genuinely worried about their drinking over New...

For the first time, people were genuinely worried about...