Cartoon: 15 April 2015
Spring hunting and the referendum: the battle was lost, but not the war...
The changing map of world religions
Carmel Vassallo
The proportion of Muslims in the world’s population will increase from around one in four at present to nearly one in three in 2050, very near to the proportion of...
Helping others makes us feel connected
Simon Fiorini Lowell

Loneliness doesn’t only lead to mental and emotional problems but can also make us physically ill

Loneliness doesn’t only lead to mental and emotional...

Lawrence Gonzi in the part of Aron Ralston?
Evarist Bartolo

While others drink gin and tonic in Marsalforn, Lawrence Gonzi needs to decide...

While others drink gin and tonic in Marsalforn, Lawrence...

First steps towards regeneration

The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals, and conservative with the conservatives. It must try harder to forge an identity that is both...

The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals,...

Sex, drugs and outrageous double standards…
Raphael Vassallo

Why isn’t the European Commission facing criminal charges for flagrant...

Why isn’t the European Commission facing criminal...

Cartoon: 29 October 2014

Mark Scicluna has a go at Opposition leader Simon Busuttil's performance at his first ever National Convention

Mark Scicluna has a go at Opposition leader Simon...

What is wrong in trying to eye Singapore or Dubai?
Leo Brincat

To dismiss Singapore as the wrong country to try and emulate shows a poor...

To dismiss Singapore as the wrong country to try and...

All about credibility
Ryan Callus

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil, he also promised to do so as of day one of his leadership. In all counts he has failed

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil,...

Climate risk – Why should financial institutions really bother?
Leo Brincat

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership is evidently building...

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership...

Talking about a revolution...
Raphael Vassallo

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of the Spanish Inquisition: nobody expects a revolution on the scale of the Arab Spring, until it...

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of...

Why Malta needs the Fourth Estate

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself confirmation that the electorate had rejected that government over those issues. But this doesn’t...

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself...

Letters: 26 October 2014
Cartoon: 26 October 2014
Rewind back to 1987
Saviour Balzan

Fast forward to 2014 and the PN is tasting some of its own medicine.  History not only repeats itself, it replicates itself

Fast forward to 2014 and the PN is tasting some of its own...

A party pulled in different directions
Josanne Cassar

It is no wonder that the party’s leadership looks and sounds as if it is being pulled in two opposite directions at once – because it is.

It is no wonder that the party’s leadership looks and...

Damages awarded following eviction
Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court awarded damages to the owners of rural land and a farmhouse following the eviction of the occupiers of the land. 

The First Hall of the Civil Court awarded damages to the...

Little transparency about our energy roadshow
Michael Briguglio

Labour’s policies – often characterized by conflicting promises -...

Labour’s policies – often characterized by...

Welcome to the bullshit factory…
Raphael Vassallo

The same Muscat who now gives Armier boathouse owners a 30-day deadline to regularise their position has simply ignored the fact that his own party has...

The same Muscat who now gives Armier boathouse owners a...

More questions than answers

We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes for the completion of the gas-fired station. 

We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes...