The fridge-magnet mentality

Michael Falzon

The way the Castille lighting was installed is not just another problem: it is a symptom of a malaise that has overtaken the decision making process within the government

The President’s new clothes…

Raphael Vassallo

They are merely the heads of government in Commonwealth countries. No one else in the rest of the world is paying the remotest attention to anything they do or say… still...

Raphael Vassallo

It's a win-win situation - You get to keep your ugly concrete structure and the rest of the country gets a proud new meaningless architectural...

It's a win-win situation - You get to keep your...

Saviour Balzan

If the Gaffarena saga tells us anything about politics, it is that memories are short and politicians lack the resolve to take quick decisions.

If the Gaffarena saga tells us anything about politics, it...

The numbers game Muscat must reckon with

Josanne Cassar

If Muscat keeps ignoring the mutinous rumbling of the people, he should not be too surprised by the election results come 2018. No one is there forever, no one...

If Muscat keeps ignoring the mutinous rumbling of the...

Junior minister’s ‘orgasm’ reply in PQ time causes outrage in the House

Junior minister’s ‘orgasm’ reply in PQ...

Ralph Cassar

Leo Brincat speaks as if Sadeen’s marketing manager, and Evarist Bartolo speaks of the so-called university as if it is a public service. Smart City is...

Leo Brincat speaks as if Sadeen’s marketing manager,...

Court refuses to invert the order of production of evidence in legal title claim on property

Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court turned down a request made by a plaintiff to allow the defendant to produce the evidence first. This was decided in a partial...

The First Hall of the Civil Court turned down a request...

Shadow finance minister's Google Group had not privacy settings on the exchange of emails with his advisors

Shadow finance minister's Google Group had not privacy...

Kevin-James Fenech

The truth is that everyone is prone to cognitive biases and from time to time we all do irrational things.

The truth is that everyone is prone to cognitive biases and...

It would seem that an unintended consequence of the Zonqor controversy was to place the environment back at the forefront of the national agenda

It would seem that an unintended consequence of the Zonqor...

Raphael Vassallo

Does it actually serve the PN’s own interest to sustain this improbable tempo of activity for the next three years?

Does it actually serve the PN’s own interest to...

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Mark Said

Matthew Xuereb / Thomas Sciberras Herrera

Defend the environment, reclaim the future

Jurgen Balzan

Saturday’s national protest must send a strong message that the...

Saturday’s national protest must send a strong...

Childhood obesity: a critical Maltese health issue

Evarist Bartolo

This government believes that identifying problems is not enough, seeking...

This government believes that identifying problems is not...

Frank Psaila

Our language is loaded with stigma when referring to people with mental health problems – using words like mignun, jekk jarawh barra jigbruh, spissjat,...

Our language is loaded with stigma when referring to people...

Political responsibility must be shouldered

As long as the party funding remains unregulated at law, one can only expect...

As long as the party funding remains unregulated at law,...

Age of Consent: The Evil Abortion Conspiracy…

Raphael Vassallo

In the present climate, any member of parliament who even broaches the idea of...

In the present climate, any member of parliament who even...