‘Balancing’ is the job of a circus acrobat, not a cabinet minister
Raphael Vassallo
Two small issues immediately arise, even at a glance. (On top of the third I already mentioned: i.e., that Aaron Farrugia evidently got his job description all muddled-up)
What’s the point of a ‘Planning Authority’… without ‘Planning’?
Raphael Vassallo
What’s the point of even having an ‘ERA’, to begin with: when all its objections are consistently ‘overruled’ by the Planning Authority Board…...
No, the balance is not right
Raphael Vassallo

The ‘right balance’ in this equation is actually best represented by a ‘No’ vote in the referendum, not by a ‘Yes’. 

The ‘right balance’ in this equation is...

A fighting chance for the Church
Ryan Callus

A spiritual leader must be compassionate to the needs of his flock. In particular, he must show a true understanding when dealing with social situations that...

A spiritual leader must be compassionate to the needs of...

The final score
Edward Mallia

Fact: there is no mention of a spring hunting derogation in the Malta-EU accession treaty

Fact: there is no mention of a spring hunting derogation in...

If music be the food of controversy…
Raphael Vassallo

But music is a funny thing. On one level, it remains unchanged forever. Record a song, play it back, and what emerges represents the exact same auditory...

But music is a funny thing. On one level, it remains...

Open letter to Joseph Muscat
Saviour Balzan

Your head, not your heart

Your head, not your heart

Damaged children who turn to lies
Josanne Cassar

Divorced parents have to take responsibility for what kind of people their children become and not be in denial when something is clearly “off”.

Divorced parents have to take responsibility for what kind...

Muscat is repeating Gonzi’s divorce mistake
Raphael Vassallo

While I wasn’t expecting Muscat to be any less suspicious of direct...

While I wasn’t expecting Muscat to be any less...

Gobbledygook
Kevin-James Fenech

A decade ago, I used to think the biggest offenders were those from the IT world but recently I’ve come to the conclusion that it actually is the...

A decade ago, I used to think the biggest offenders were...

Caruana Curran’s legacy
Henry Frendo

Caruana Curran’s most didactic and lasting legacy to posterity will be that of a courageous, inspired and impartial judge, often in the face of hostility...

Caruana Curran’s most didactic and lasting legacy to...

Is Muscat’s major investment in the health sector sustainable?
Frank Psaila

Investment in the health sector is an initiative which deserves praise and...

Investment in the health sector is an initiative which...

Loving the more difficult students
Evarist Bartolo

Pope Francis referred to teaching as a beautiful profession, one that is not restricted to the time spent in the classroom

Pope Francis referred to teaching as a beautiful...

Referendum: Trust no one but yourself
James Debono

If the Yes camp wins, decisions on spring hunting will be taken by the  politicians who appeased the hunting lobby for decades. If the No camp wins the...

If the Yes camp wins, decisions on spring hunting will be...

The Opposition which cried wolf (again)
Raphael Vassallo

Personally, I shudder to think what would happen if the law courts started behaving like Busuttil today (or Sant in 1994). There would literally be no point in...

Personally, I shudder to think what would happen if the law...

What happens if they pay a price?
Saviour Balzan

My question and that of many others is very simple: Can we ignore the fact that a criminal court found Cyrus Engerer guilty?

My question and that of many others is very...

The visual and verbal cues of a debate
Josanne Cassar

Clearly, Joseph Muscat had too little respect of his adversary to defuse the growing perception that he has already become too arrogant, but Simon...

Clearly, Joseph Muscat had too little respect of his...

‘Next year’ never comes
Raphael Vassallo

Nothing breeds confidence in future success quite like a string of successive, identical failures in the past, now does it? For let’s face it: this is...

Nothing breeds confidence in future success quite like a...

The wider perspective of the European environment
Leo Brincat

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon economy, but for...

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon...

Two years of meritocracy, transparency and accountability… yeah, right!
Ryan Callus

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government would be transparent, but the Prime Minister went as far to state that his government is the most...

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government...