Shoot at a car? Uproar – Rape and murder? No comment
Raphael Vassallo
In a country which howled in indignation when the police took a week to arrest Paul Sheehan for shooting at a car… there was not a whimper at the fact that not a single...
We’ve got a leak
Josanne Cassar
If you are going to leak something so important, it has to be unaltered and unedited so that the public can make up its own mind. You do not get to pick and choose what to...
A selfie for the PN
Evarist Bartolo

Simon Busuttil is still surrounded by the some of the same old faces with the same old problems.

Simon Busuttil is still surrounded by the some of the same...

In defence of the Constitution's supremacy
Kevin Aquilina

I can never agree that the Commission for the Administration of Justice...

I can never agree that the Commission for the...

What happened to that judicial reform?
Raphael Vassallo

How many more gross miscarriages of justice must this country see, before we finally realise that the entire system needs to be overhauled from scratch?

How many more gross miscarriages of justice must this...

Integration removes the barrier
Farah Abdi

Cultural orientation and language classes go a long way in making migrants less of strangers

Cultural orientation and language classes go a long way in...

Small steps forward, giant strides back

The trapping precedent shows us how government achieves this aim, too: as a rule, by delegating responsibility to a supposedly independent authoritative...

The trapping precedent shows us how government achieves...

Cartoon 8 June 2014

Cartoon for MaltaToday on Sunday by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon for MaltaToday on Sunday by Mark Scicluna

Letters: 8th June 2014
Just how deprived are we of grey matter?
Saviour Balzan

The worst offence Muscat could commit, would be to genuflect to the hunters and insist that the referendum on spring hunting is held as a stand alone and not...

The worst offence Muscat could commit, would be to...

When the price is right
Josanne Cassar

After all those years that Sant spent railing and protesting against Bondiplus, deflating the whole thing turned out to be quite easy huh?

After all those years that Sant spent railing and...

Football ought to help, not squeeze economies
Angelo Chetcuti

And the question is: will England get another chance at 2022?

And the question is: will England get another chance at...

Decision to request additional tax is turned down
Malcolm Mifsud

The Administrative Review Tribunal decided on 22 May 2014 that the Income Tax...

The Administrative Review Tribunal decided on 22 May 2014...

Undermining democracy

The biggest problem by far concerns the broader implications of this new hunters' petition, should the government cave in to its outrageous demands. 

The biggest problem by far concerns the broader...

Genuine or fake, the hunters’ petition must be verified
Raphael Vassallo

If it also turns out that a number of signatures are fakes, there should be...

If it also turns out that a number of signatures are fakes,...

Teenagers and the internet
Evarist Bartolo

The possible effects of excessive use of internet has sparked a debate between different schools of thought: those who believe that moderate internet use is...

The possible effects of excessive use of internet has...

Lessons from the electorate

Malta is changing; and unless its political parties likewise change, they will be simply left behind.

Malta is changing; and unless its political parties...

Back to the drawing board
Michael Falzon

After last week’s disappointing electoral result, will the PN go back to the drawing board, eat some humble pie and change its tactics?

After last week’s disappointing electoral result,...

Four funerals and a baptism
Raphael Vassallo

The Nationalist Party does not need to bury itself wholesale – it only needs to bury those things that have made it so unpopular over the years

The Nationalist Party does not need to bury itself...

What's worse than being in denial?
Saviour Balzan

We need a strong opposition, one that offers an alternative.

We need a strong opposition, one that offers an alternative.