



The siege of Malta’s critical thought | Luke Fenech
To start fighting the long-standing problem of critical thinking in our...
To start fighting the long-standing problem of critical...

Writing the end of democracy | Aleks Farrugia
Striving for peace is also a display of courage, perhaps even more than the...
Striving for peace is also a display of courage, perhaps...

The land of sleeping policemen
The system has been so corrupted over the years that police do not need any prodding from politicians – they naturally sense when there is some political...
The system has been so corrupted over the years that police...

What Europeans want is ‘more democracy’… not ‘more Europe’
What was the reaction of the overwhelming majority of Brussels bureaucrats to a...
What was the reaction of the overwhelming majority of...

May the (Police) Force be with you
Weeding out the bad ones is crucial if the public is ever going to feel that police officers who are there to ostensibly ensure that law and order are kept in...
Weeding out the bad ones is crucial if the public is ever...

Sins of the past and present blemishes
Lino Farrugia is expected to stay on as CEO of the FKNK, because the guys around the table of that executive committee do not have the balls to sack him
Lino Farrugia is expected to stay on as CEO of the FKNK,...

Funds for political parties? Sounds a lot like ‘State Aid’, to me…
Political parties have succeeded in benefiting only themselves, while ‘distorting the market’ through decades of maladministration…
Political parties have succeeded in benefiting only...

Finally, Gonzi’s ‘new way of doing politics’ gets a chance…
Bernard Grech now has a spectacular opportunity to actually deliver –...
Bernard Grech now has a spectacular opportunity to actually...

The PN’s financial woes – 2
I understand that subsequently efforts were made to reduce the debt, but they were hardly successful, with NET TV losing some €1 million annually –...
I understand that subsequently efforts were made to reduce...

Political parties which cannot live within their means
Here are Malta’s two major political parties, the recipients of so many...
Here are Malta’s two major political parties, the...

The sins of the past, conveniently forgotten
It is unfortunate that people who want to occupy the mediatic or political...
It is unfortunate that people who want to occupy the...

The Dalek invasion of Pietà…
Jason Azzopardi has set things up rather nicely for yet another ‘cliff-hanger’ final confrontation: in which either the Nationalist Party, or...
Jason Azzopardi has set things up rather nicely for...

How BOV duped shareholders on Deiulemar affair for years
Want to win Eurovision? Just get invaded by Russia, that’s all…
The land of sleeping policemen
May the (Police) Force be with you

A Putin shock to the world economy
Government has rightly committed itself to limit energy prices growth in 2022, although no government can cushion all inflationary effects
Government has rightly committed itself to limit energy...

Bringing workers’ rights into the future | Cyrus Engerer
As the world has increasingly changed, and technological advances have adapted...
As the world has increasingly changed, and technological...

Shocked at Elon Musk buying Twitter? Then you should also be ‘shocked’ at…
Since when has it become so very compulsory for absolutely everyone out there (and his dog, and his dog’s puppies, etc.) to even have any kind of opinion...
Since when has it become so very compulsory for absolutely...

The PN’s financial woes
Bernard Grech could prove to be a veritable safe pair of hands – and a godsend if he manages to restructure the PN’s financial arm
Bernard Grech could prove to be a veritable safe pair of...

Our toxic dependence on construction needs a public response
We calculate success on how much money people make in money terms or how many...
We calculate success on how much money people make in money...

No country for old people
Since banks have cut down on their staff and imposed more and more restrictions on what can be done at an actual bank, the ones left behind are the ones who...
Since banks have cut down on their staff and imposed more...