Why teaching Islam in state schools is a bad idea
Josanne Cassar
The last thing we need is another religious faith to become part of the school curriculum: State schools should be secular
Winning isn’t everything, you know
Raphael Vassallo
Whether you vote for one party or the other, what you will certainly get is the same corrupt system they have both propped up for decades
Not just an economic conundrum
Angele Deguara

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the minimum wage are reminiscent of others that tend to be presented every time that any progressive...

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the...

We’re all ‘anti-establishment’ now...
Raphael Vassallo

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil - trying to exploit...

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil...

Cartoon: 16 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

The curious case of the footballer in Gozo
Anthony Buttigieg

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check. The increasing...

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check....

Supporting students to succeed
Evarist Bartolo

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as many ways as possible to help our students achieve to the best of their ability

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as...

Justice is not a game

The law cannot be seen to serve some defendants better than others, otherwise, we shall be left to conclude that justice is a game

The law cannot be seen to serve some defendants better than...

A coalition of cranes, planes and fossil fuels
Ralph Cassar

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on properties in Gozo –...

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on...

Malta’s political orphans
Michael Falzon

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s natural electorate, both parties are ending up abandoning the sectors that harbour their own traditional...

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s...

Paceville: Letter to Environment Committee MPs

Only Parliament has the power to ensure that any development projects are...

Only Parliament has the power to ensure that any...

Cardinal sin
Saviour Balzan

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like everybody else’s, are heard by the same magistrate - and this state of affairs is completely...

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like...

Deciphering Malta’s interest  in the US elections
Josanne Cassar

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald Trump is...

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald...

Cartoon: 13 November 2016

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Trump victory comes with a silver lining for the world's progressives
Yanis Varoufakis

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just possible. To ensure...

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just...

Extra works must be paid for
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal ruled that a contractor must be paid for extra works carried out

The Court of Appeal ruled that a contractor must be paid...

How Donald Trump used the media and the 'industry of outrage' to win the US Presidency
The Conversation

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained outpourings of the outrage industry, this has seemed insipid and inadequate. But does an ethical media...

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained...

A vote for Trump was a despicable choice
James Debono

Call me part of the liberal elite, but a vote for a playground bully like Trump was a despicable choice that must be understood, but never condoned

Call me part of the liberal elite, but a vote for a...

Education for the real world
Evarist Bartolo

‘In the past, the appointment of a University rector was like a palace coup d’etat.’

‘In the past, the appointment of a University rector...

Insults, car bombs and ISIS
Frank Psaila

Car bombs endanger Malta’s reputation as a safe and secure country

Car bombs endanger Malta’s reputation as a safe and...