Cartoon: 19 April 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Religion as an identity totem

Whether compulsory or as a complementary subject to religion, the teaching of ethics provides an opportunity to create a common ethical ground for an increasingly pluralistic...

Strong evidence required to prove a right

Malcolm Mifsud

The court took the impression that in order to create a right in 2001, Gauci...

The court took the impression that in order to create a...

Fake politicians and political fictions | Therese Comodini Cachia

Joseph Muscat’s vision is of ensuring the chosen few are protected while...

Joseph Muscat’s vision is of ensuring the chosen few...

Raphael Vassallo

It is actually irrelevant whether the Catholic Church feels entitled to discriminate against prospective employees on religious grounds… The State is...

It is actually irrelevant whether the Catholic Church feels...

Shouldn’t you want to work at a place which matches your ethos?

Josanne Cassar

To me it’s just simple logic that the teaching staff at Church schools...

To me it’s just simple logic that the teaching staff...

The President of the Republic yesterday delivered what many will agree was her most hard-hitting speech to date, and we ignore it at our peril

The President of the Republic yesterday delivered what many...

Mark Camilleri

I’m glad that the National Book Prize has become so prestigious as to serve as an effective national platform for dissent. Bring it on, let the fire...

I’m glad that the National Book Prize has become so...

Carmel Vassallo

For better or for worse, we live in a system of nation states and one of the primary duties of national leaders in such a system is to protect national...

For better or for worse, we live in a system of nation...

Evarist Bartolo

The economic changeover which technology brought about needs to align itself with structured training and educational programmes

The economic changeover which technology brought about...

In an atmosphere where public trust is constantly eroding, only full transparency can deliver a better and more honest service

In an atmosphere where public trust is constantly eroding,...

Michael Falzon

Time will tell but I have the feeling that whilst the forces pulling Europe apart are strong, the opposite forces pushing it together are even stronger

Time will tell but I have the feeling that whilst the...

Great, so now we’re all ‘pro-establishment’ again...

Raphael Vassallo

What would it sound like to the rest of Europe, when the Prime Minister and...

What would it sound like to the rest of Europe, when the...

How we created the ‘special little snowflake’ generation

Josanne Cassar

If having too many snowflakes in one classroom can be a teacher’s...

If having too many snowflakes in one classroom can be a...

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Josanne Cassar

Saviour Balzan

The procurement system must change, the culture of direct orders must go. And this system of persons of trust should be revisited, people at all levels must be...

The procurement system must change, the culture of direct...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Some call it ‘populism’, I call it ‘democracy’

Raphael Vassallo

If democracy looks like 10-pin bowling, it’s because that’s how it...

If democracy looks like 10-pin bowling, it’s because...

It’s about accountability and public standards

FTS: The problem is of a systemic, recurring nature. Only a systemic overhaul...

FTS: The problem is of a systemic, recurring nature. Only a...

Living the good life…with other people’s money

Josanne Cassar

Businessmen allowed to amass enormous debts in tax and VAT while simultaneously...

Businessmen allowed to amass enormous debts in tax and VAT...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea