When you bring the wrong person into your life, it’s the children who always suffer 
Josanne Cassar
When it comes to second relationships, I try, but fail, to understand how people can decide to merge households so quickly without getting to know this new person properly first
Shock in the city
Saviour Balzan
The history of the Labour Party when it comes to ex-leaders taking on newly elected leaders is very well known, and Muscat knows it. No one is bigger than the party and its...
The EU: Not an à la carte menu
Josanne Cassar

"Even the concept of being a full member of the EU is alien to some. People talk about “the EU” as a separate entity, when in fact, we ARE the...

"Even the concept of being a full member of the EU is...

That funny feeling
Saviour Balzan

"If the common denominator for any political party is based on how much of an asshole Muscat or Busuttil is, then really it is only a question of time...

"If the common denominator for any political party is...

The €14 billion vanishing act
Ralph Cassar

If our country does not seek to redress its taxation laws in a fair and measured manner, others will decide for us

If our country does not seek to redress its taxation laws...

If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Josanne Cassar

Until a Minister for Getting Things Done is appointed, it is we who have to push and make our voices heard every chance we get

Until a Minister for Getting Things Done is appointed, it...

Beyond good and evil
Raphael Vassallo

If Salvu Mallia thinks he is entitled to just crawl out from under a stone and tarnish other people’s credibility that way, well, can you just...

If Salvu Mallia thinks he is entitled to just crawl out...

A People’s Europe
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

"There are challenges we must face, and some people will try to have us believe that things cannot, or will not, change. We must resist such attitudes of...

"There are challenges we must face, and some people...

‘Obama, the Grinch who stole Christmas’
Frank Psaila

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to his American...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to...

Tear down obscene and criminal libel
Ingram Bondin

Obscene libel bears a striking resemblance to other censorship laws which have already been repealed. All these laws are odious

Obscene libel bears a striking resemblance to other...

The cost of human life
Michael Falzon

The proposal for the alcohol limit for drivers to be slashed from 0.8 gr. to 0.5 gr. is a step in the right direction and should be adopted without any further...

The proposal for the alcohol limit for drivers to be...

Unanswered questions? What unanswered questions?
Raphael Vassallo

I thought we had scraped the bottom of the absurdity barrel decades...

I thought we had scraped the bottom of the absurdity barrel...

Lessons from London
Saviour Balzan

Some of our arguments about architecture, environmental protection and townscape in Malta must be fuelled by some decent reasoning, not one based on simply...

Some of our arguments about architecture, environmental...

People are finally worried about breathalyser tests
Josanne Cassar

For the first time, people were genuinely worried about their drinking over New...

For the first time, people were genuinely worried about...

The inevitable New Year’s Eve regrets
Josanne Cassar

We are so flooded with events and parties and special occasions (basically all year round it seems), that it is becoming more and more difficult to really...

We are so flooded with events and parties and special...

The truth is out there. But no one’s buying it
Raphael Vassallo

'Fake news' has always existed, but what makes it more of a problem...

'Fake news' has always existed, but what makes it...

’Tis the season to be optimistic
Evarist Bartolo

As we close this year, and being Christmas, it’s worth focusing on the positive, because, ultimately, 2016 has been a good year

As we close this year, and being Christmas, it’s...

New Year’s eve crackers
Michael Falzon

The Libyan jet hijack incident last week has led to several conspiracy theories, fake videos and incredible suspicions, if not allegations

The Libyan jet hijack incident last week has led to several...

Fighting about our own importance again, are we?
Raphael Vassallo

Now, the Chief Justice is ranked at only Number Five in the official Malta...

Now, the Chief Justice is ranked at only Number Five in the...

Will anything change for them?
Saviour Balzan

I still believe that the biggest mistake in 2016, was the Prime Minister’s decision not to ask at once for Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri’s...

I still believe that the biggest mistake in 2016, was the...