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 constituents, but sadly,...
Cartoon 21 July 2013
Cartoon by Mark Scicluna
The other side of history

Which side is really the right side of history with regard to Libya? That is a question only time can really answer.

Which side is really the right side of history with regard...

Cartoon 16 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Calabria, we have a problem
Raphael Vassallo

No sooner do we find ourselves confronted by something inimical to our national sense of aesthetics, propriety or decorum, you can rest assured it will be…...

No sooner do we find ourselves confronted by something...

Illiteracy – a national emergency
Evarist Bartolo

The lack of consistent and coordinated action to spread functional literacy in our society has had the result of placing Malta at the 25th position in the EU.

The lack of consistent and coordinated action to spread...

Cali ic-Caqnu
Saviour Balzan

It would be interesting to ask each and every minister whether they have ever received anything in kind from Mr Polidano over the last 10 years.

It would be interesting to ask each and every minister...

Cartoon 12 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Forward to the past

While both parties seem hell-bent on dragging us backwards towards the past, both insist that their intention is to pave the way to a better future.

While both parties seem hell-bent on dragging us backwards...

Here is an abortion of a Bill if ever there was one
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Maltese-Australian barrister Joseph Carmel Chetcuti, author of ‘A Queer...

Maltese-Australian barrister Joseph Carmel Chetcuti, author...

Economies of spin

Our appeal: government must assure us it will retain a firm grip on the tiller of the economy. As for the opposition, it ought to at least concede that...

Our appeal: government must assure us it will retain a firm...

Cartoon 9 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

After the flood… the irony

How is it possible that no serious thought is ever given to availing ourselves of a natural bonanza of water delivered directly to our door?

How is it possible that no serious thought is ever given to...

Cartoon 5 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Joe, Andrè and the legendary Totò
Evarist Bartolo

By now consumer complainants are used to placing little value in MFSA indications of expected dates.

By now consumer complainants are used to placing little...

The cohabitation bill is an insult
Claudine Cassar

Numerous studies have shown that children are not damaged in any way whatsoever by having gay parents.

Numerous studies have shown that children are not damaged...

The higher they climb, the harder they fall
Raphael Vassallo

Give someone a public platform to say anything at all, and before you know it...

Give someone a public platform to say anything at all, and...

It’s not me. It’s my budgerigar
Saviour Balzan

PBS has this amazing habit of defending its staff as if they were only answerable to the board of directors.

PBS has this amazing habit of defending its staff as if...

Falling between two stools

If the Nationalist government has no stomach to regulate such matters in a way equitable to all parties concerned then perhaps it were better if it did not...

If the Nationalist government has no stomach to regulate...

Cartoon 2 September 2012

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna