The Gods must be crazy…
But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of ‘encouraging’ that same warped belief… by giving it more importance (and credence), than...
But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of...
Surveys, margins of error and misplaced frustration: the thoughts of an armchair critic
Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should be interpreted was misplaced because the problem the PN faces is not how it reads the numbers but...
Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should...
Work and school should not come before public safety
Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law and order or pulling...
Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law...
Why wait for a ‘Maltese Macron’… when you can be one yourself?
In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese political situation...
In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese...
A mountain about casual talk
Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always find their degree of punishment reduced by whoever is judge when the case is appealed?
Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always...
Child denied abortion after uncle’s rape: it could also happen in Malta
But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply conservative country like Poland further exposes Malta’s international isolation
But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply...
Mandatory voting, in Malta? But… WHY?!
I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist Bartolo – who, let’s face it, depend exclusively on ‘voter-participation in...
I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist...
Enough of the green light and more red cards please
For once, the world of sports – the kind that is gaining a spine and a...
For once, the world of sports – the kind that is...
Where do we draw the line at cancel culture?
Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can get out of control to...
Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can...
There is nothing ‘sustainable’ about Maltese hunting
Does this exhibition actually explain to students, for instance, that Malta is...
Does this exhibition actually explain to students, for...
Who came up with those new ‘cannabis rules’, anyway? Cheech and Chong?
How, then, are these people ever going to be eased out of the illegal situation that they find themselves in today… and finally brought in line with the...
How, then, are these people ever going to be eased out of...
Jailhouse rock: calls for Camilleri resignation more than justified
The legal process ignores completely the feelings and emotions of relatives and...
The legal process ignores completely the feelings and...
Shaping the EU to Maltese needs
Saying sorry is not easy
Safeguarding Hondoq Bay for future generations
Metsola’s abortion miracle
Homelessness used to be unheard of… until now
Who is parenting whom?
I am of the belief that the way children are being raised matters, but it also has to be in conjunction with the way the nation is being governed
I am of the belief that the way children are being raised...
Waiting for justice
Everyone in public service should be held accountable – even the judiciary – and the Bench should be part of a more open, public debate about the...
Everyone in public service should be held accountable...
You can’t have a ‘best year for Malta’s film industry’… without a Maltese film industry
I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s idea of ‘the best year for Malta’s film’; I’d hate to hear his pitch for an...
I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s...
Bedknobs and broomsticks
No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never see the light of day. A lot of domestic strife is never exposed. If only bedknobs and broomsticks...
No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never...
PQs – no mere waste of time!
Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on the governing side and the Opposition an opportunity to go into details which otherwise would have...
Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on...
It’s not just the Gozo airport that’s ‘destined to fail’…
So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth attempt to...
So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth...