Fishing expeditions my foot
Saviour Balzan
Though I have reservations about the fairness of our courts, I still believe that somehow, whether in the Maltese or pan-European judicial system, justice will prevail.
Polidano’s misdemeanours: all about timing?
Many extensive illegalities have been sanctioned, and this has allowed the big boys to simply try their luck another time.
After uni: the times they are a-changin'
Jurgen Balzan

Labour gains inroads in what once was hostile ground for its leaders and sympathisers, the University of Malta.

Labour gains inroads in what once was hostile ground for...

Cartoon 13 February 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

The Keyword Density Myth
Conrad Bugeja

Search Engines such as Google work by returning relevant results to the user query. One major characteristic on which search engines base the relevancy of a...

Search Engines such as Google work by returning relevant...

Papal resignations and other matters

It’s difficult to maintain a rigorously unchanging institution in the face of a social landscape that has changed beyond recognition is so short a time-frame...

It’s difficult to maintain a rigorously unchanging...

Sweet and sour justice
Raphael Vassallo

Why are the law-courts bending over backwards to protect a man charged with serious criminal behaviour, while throwing the book at a handful of women whose...

Why are the law-courts bending over backwards to protect a...

Bashing Tony Zarb
James Debono

Tony Zarb probably crossed a line when alluding to the award of tenders under a Labour government, but more worrying is the apparent collusion between the...

Tony Zarb probably crossed a line when alluding to the...

The things one should never say

The next parliament must discuss guidelines to make tender award systems open to more parliamentary scrutiny.

The next parliament must discuss guidelines to make tender...

Cartoon 10 February 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Why our children deserve a better educational system
Evarist Bartolo

We need a strategy that narrows the gap between girls and boys in reading and...

We need a strategy that narrows the gap between girls and...

Where have all the red flags gone?
Michael Falzon

Nowadays one never sees any red-frocked peroxide blondes (loaded with gold bracelets) mobbing the Labour leader.

Nowadays one never sees any red-frocked peroxide blondes...

The anti-manifesto
Claudine Cassar

It is our politicians we need to hear thinking outside the box and not humble columnists.

It is our politicians we need to hear thinking outside the...

MY willy is bigger than YOUR willy… so there!
Raphael Vassallo

This can’t be happening. Seriously: it is just too much to take on board all...

This can’t be happening. Seriously: it is just too much...

Gay rights, PN style: a gimmick to end all gimmicks
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

The proposed Constitutional amendment, as contained in the Nationalist...

The proposed Constitutional amendment, as contained in the...

Me? I have the face of someone who is going to lick ass after 9 March
Saviour Balzan

Simon Busuttil’s ‘wicc ta’ Nazzjonalist’ comment is comparable to...

Simon Busuttil’s ‘wicc ta’ Nazzjonalist’ comment is...

Peter Andre: the Ambassador nobody asked for
Teodor Reljic

It may be time to reconsider how token 'Cultural Ambassador' titles are...

It may be time to reconsider how token 'Cultural...

Cartoon 6 February 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Pot calling the kettle black again
James Debono

Gonzi is asking Labour some pertinent questions on party funding, but it’s rich coming from the man under whose watch development zones were extended and...

Gonzi is asking Labour some pertinent questions on party...

Catalyst for change

It is time to consider the introduction of public parliamentary hearings whereby possibilities of conflicts of interest are discussed openly.

It is time to consider the introduction of public...