Schizoid nation

Raphael Vassallo

Nationalists celebrate their own little ‘national day’ on 21 September… Labour celebrate their version on December 13: and never the twain shall meet.

At last!

Claudine Cassar

PN has clearly done a good SWOT analysis before heading into its electoral campaign – it is playing to its strengths and also leveraging people’s fears when it constantly...

Saviour Balzan

It would take only five minutes to explain to Sargas the reality of ‘pique politics’ in our new way of doing politics.

It would take only five minutes to explain to Sargas the...

Claudine Cassar

Lawrence Gonzi clearly has every intention of hanging in there for the whole term, despite his measly one-seat majority and a hoard of disgruntled back...

Lawrence Gonzi clearly has every intention of hanging in...

Recent exchanges between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Opposition leader Joseph Muscat have exposed a serious flaw in our country’s entire approach to...

Recent exchanges between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and...

Michael Falzon

The Malta Developers Association was set up over a year ago and its first annual general meeting will be held within a few days.

The Malta Developers Association was set up over a year ago...

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James Debono

Berlusconi was not a victim of Eurocrats but of Italian disillusionment with his populist style of government.

Berlusconi was not a victim of Eurocrats but of Italian...

The hall of mirrors: what’s the matter with the family budget?

Carmen Sammut

The PN’s effort to let its hair down also requires meaningful soul searching.

The PN’s effort to let its hair down also requires...

Saviour Balzan

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we really should be experiencing an even bigger crisis in party politics.

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we...

Claudine Cassar

Malta doesn't need a Monti government, but all parties should unite behind a series of specialists with advice un-tinted by blue or red.

Malta doesn't need a Monti government, but all parties...

Michael Falzon

The best description of the GRTU today is probably ‘a cuckoo’s nest’ – the cuckoo has no nest, of course, but takes over other birds’ nests and makes...

The best description of the GRTU today is probably ‘a...

Saviour Balzan

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we really should be experiencing an even bigger crisis in party politics.

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we...

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most fundamental principles of democracy and the necessities of financial survival in a globalised world.

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most...

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Thomas Bajada

Mariella Dimech

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most fundamental principles of democracy and the necessities of financial survival in a globalised world.

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most...

Saviour Balzan

Managing editor Saviour Balzan on MaltaToday's 12th anniversary and how the PN media misreports the ousting of a Labour councillor.

Managing editor Saviour Balzan on MaltaToday's 12th...

Cautious, prudent and… clinically precise?

Like all its recent forebears, Budget 2012 has revealed a pattern of behaviour...

Like all its recent forebears, Budget 2012 has revealed a...

Like all its recent forebears, Budget 2012 has revealed a pattern of behaviour...

Like all its recent forebears, Budget 2012 has revealed a...

Pretending that our students are sexless

Evarist Bartolo

We should deal openly with sex education for our children now that a new national curriculum is being discussed.

We should deal openly with sex education for our children...

Claudine Cassar