‘It’s unnatural’, said illogical
Raphael Vassallo
Same-sex couples exist, with or without society’s approval. They adopt children anyway, and have been doing so for years. Faced with this situation, the law has a duty and...
Integration is about respect and admiration too
Farah Abdi
Political leaders must use their position in society to foster harmony. And as migrants we need to do our part to contribute to our host community
Making education work
Evarist Bartolo

Creating a successful education-to-employment system requires new incentives and structures

Creating a successful education-to-employment system...

Gonzi has left the building....
Raphael Vassallo

Is there another Lawrence Gonzi out there that I’d never heard of before? A man who actually deserves all the praise currently being showered upon him…?

Is there another Lawrence Gonzi out there that I’d never...

Young lives lost
Claudine Cassar

I look around and I see here in Malta teenagers struggling with exams: at this age they still cannot understand that failing today does not mean that they will...

I look around and I see here in Malta teenagers struggling...

Same problem, different ‘solution’

One would like to think that MPs on either side of the House are above the temptation to avail of their powers and privileges in order to favour their own...

One would like to think that MPs on either side of the...

Cartoon 21 July 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Keep Christianity out of this
Raphael Vassallo

I sympathise with concerns over Malta's 'Christian identity' when applied to racism, but it is a dangerously flawed way of presenting the argument.

I sympathise with concerns over Malta's 'Christian...

It’s about more than numbers

Speaking about unsustainable numbers means automatically that the government has a limit in mind; Muscat should come clean, therefore, and say what he thinks...

Speaking about unsustainable numbers means automatically...

The taxman’s notice counts, even if you’re not home to get it

The Magistrate’s Court decided on 8 July 2013 that a Notice of Liquation sent...

The Magistrate’s Court decided on 8 July 2013 that a...

Blame it on eumelanin
Saviour Balzan

Muscat is pig-headed on migration: shocking, considering he fancies himself to be progressive and an icon for the liberal Maltese

Muscat is pig-headed on migration: shocking, considering he...

Phoney Christians applauding a phoney liberal
Michael Falzon

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to fan the flames of...

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to...

Phoney Christians applauding a phoney liberal
Michael Falzon

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to fan the flames of...

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to...

Saying no to racism
Evarist Bartolo

The international community must provide debt relief and a fairer trade regime so that people “needn’t jump into the Mediterranean to get better job...

The international community must provide debt relief and a...

A Pandora’s box
Claudine Cassar

We were lucky when it came to the lottery of life. We were born in a country which may not be perfect, but where our rights are respected and we do not live in...

We were lucky when it came to the lottery of life. We were...

Europe cannot deplore a pushback policy it has employed itself
Raphael Vassallo

The European Commission finds nothing wrong with Libya taking back illegal...

The European Commission finds nothing wrong with Libya...

Migration: Fuelling the flames

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has clearly divided Labour’s previously impregnable support base.

Muscat's proposal to openly defy international law has...

Cartoon 14 July 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Pawns in a game of brinkmanship
James Debono

Muscat is right that Europe can do more to help Malta, but using migrants as pawns in a brinkmanship game where their human rights are disposable, is not the...

Muscat is right that Europe can do more to help Malta, but...

‘Stop criticising Libya’
Raphael Vassallo

The countries which assisted in Gaddafi’s overthrow must be made to see that they have a moral obligation to the people they ‘liberated’: to ensure...

The countries which assisted in Gaddafi’s overthrow must...