A police force stretched to its limits

Josanne Cassar

The way things are going, with so much of our moral fabric being torn apart, the future of the country depends on establishing more law and order and discipline

Seriously? You must be joking...

Raphael Vassallo

‘Fake news’ may have conquered the Internet... but ‘real news’ remains far more surreal than anything the limited human imagination can possibly concoct

Saviour Balzan

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been removed not because of some ‘taghna lkoll’ diktat, but simply because the term in...

Many of those who still run the institutions have not been...

Josanne Cassar

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that as long as they have money in their pockets, they are willing to close an eye to governmental...

It is a sad state of affairs that so many people feel that...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

James Debono

Fidel represented all the great hopes and disappointments of the left in the 20th century, an inspiration for those striving for a better world,...

Fidel represented all the great hopes and...

Fidel Castro (1926-2016): Charismatic revolutionary leader who defied the odds

Peter Mayo

Academic Peter Mayo's obituary on the leader of the 1959 Cuban revolution and the legacy of el jefe máximo

Academic Peter Mayo's obituary on the leader of the...

Malcolm Mifsud

When a group of farmers filed the lawsuit against the Nadur parish priest, the defendants filed a statement of defence saying that they have no judicial...

When a group of farmers filed the lawsuit against the Nadur...

Europe: problems to the left of it, problems to the right

The truth is that the EU is not working well for every European nation

The truth is that the EU is not working well for every...

Josanne Cassar

The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general attitude towards intellectual property, a belittlement of people’s talent, as if to imply that the...

The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general...

Tax cuts for middle earners may make a lot of political sense, but it remains a traditional approach to an issue which would be better confronted with...

Tax cuts for middle earners may make a lot of political...

Raphael Vassallo

Bashing individual judges and magistrates is hardly going to restore public confidence in an ailing justice system

Bashing individual judges and magistrates is hardly...

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Frank Psaila

Donald Trump’s election campaign strategy was Project Anger, and it worked wonders for him!

Donald Trump’s election campaign strategy was Project...

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Miriam Dalli

Mark Said

Josanne Cassar

Inspiring children to a better education

Evarist Bartolo

Getting students into classrooms is not enough - we want to make them learn and to succeed, we need to create new modules according to the needs of the...

Getting students into classrooms is not enough - we want to...

By courting the super-rich, and treating the lowest strata of society as criminals, the government is sending out the message that human dignity is only...

By courting the super-rich, and treating the lowest strata...

Michael Falzon

With so many evident shortcomings in our two main political parties, the least they can do is spare the electorate meaningless arguments as to which of them is...

With so many evident shortcomings in our two main political...

That’s some ‘moral code’ you’ve got there, Godfrey...

Raphael Vassallo

Godfrey Farrugia seems to have made a career out of shedding crocodile...

Godfrey Farrugia seems to have made a career out of...

The alarming rise of sexual abuse in Maltese society

Josanne Cassar

As sexual abuse cases rise, the answer is certainly not to always blame girls...

As sexual abuse cases rise, the answer is certainly not to...

Saviour Balzan

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at old homes, pulling down relatively new homes and constructing new apartments, turning the townscape...

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at...