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‘Serving Kant’ to war

John Baldacchino

Given our Maltese ways of phonetically flattening or augmenting vowels when speaking English, whenever I teach Kant’s aesthetics of the sublime, I am always at risk of...

We need reproductive justice, not a higher birth rate | Liza Caruana-Finkel

While many claim that Malta is overcrowded and attribute this to migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, Maltese women are stigmatised and vilified for not having...

Michael Falzon

It seems that the PN must have understood this by now after so many electoral disasters. So Abela’s efforts should - in theory - also take care of this...

It seems that the PN must have understood this by now after...

A renewed approach to international politics l John Grech

Malta is a small island with a big voice. Our nation stands to seize the moment...

Malta is a small island with a big voice. Our nation stands...

Saviour Balzan

Sometimes I get the feeling that our political leaders are more obsessed with self-preservation

Sometimes I get the feeling that our political leaders are...

Diary of a volunteer: On the front line of war

Christina Lejman

Maltese mother-of-two Christina Lejman works with local humanitarian voluntary...

Maltese mother-of-two Christina Lejman works with local...

Mark Said

Unless and until the party develops the capacity to provide such moral and intellectual leadership throughout society and at all times, not just during...

Unless and until the party develops the capacity to provide...

[WATCH] I can’t go on – there is no ray of light | Humanists Malta

When someone is told they have no hope of recovery, that they are losing the life they knew and enjoyed, their physical suffering is worsened by the emotional...

When someone is told they have no hope of recovery, that...

Michael Falzon

While the police and Appoġġ should tackle cases of harassment of women with more urgency, the underestimation of danger by the victims themselves is also a...

While the police and Appoġġ should tackle cases of...

[WATCH] There is no hope left for me – let me decide what is best for myself | Humanists Malta

Those who are terminally ill cannot ask for a choice between living and dying, but they could be allowed to choose between two different deaths: one, peaceful...

Those who are terminally ill cannot ask for a choice...

Saviour Balzan

The road to these decisions is lost in an illogical thinking process, leaving many senior political figures in the Labour Party bewildered by the process that...

The road to these decisions is lost in an illogical...

Menopause in the workplace: Breaking the silence | Daniela Magro

The increasing vocalisation of women’s needs and the growing openness...

The increasing vocalisation of women’s needs and the...

Christina Lejman

Maltese mother-of-two Christina Lejman works with local humanitarian voluntary...

Maltese mother-of-two Christina Lejman works with local...

Michael Falzon

I would have thought that in Malta, all political parties respect the right of law - the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power...

I would have thought that in Malta, all political parties...

Exposed: The hidden cost of hailing a cab | Aron Gatt

By establishing a regulated minimum fare, the regulator can prevent...

By establishing a regulated minimum fare, the regulator can...

[WATCH] I’m suffering - why can’t I choose to leave this life? | Humanists Malta

Should those who want it have the right to make their own choices, to be in control of their own lives, and particularly their final moments?

Should those who want it have the right to make their own...

Where was ‘Bobby’ when Rome was burning? l Frank Camilleri

Let us start from the beginning when the now famous scum bag Ram Tumuluri was...

Let us start from the beginning when the now famous scum...

Enhancing animal welfare through legislation and infrastructure | Alicia Bugeja Said

By providing timely medical attention, the service significantly reduces suffering and improves the overall well-being of stray animals

By providing timely medical attention, the service...

Christina Lejman

Maltese mother-of-two Christina Lejman works with local humanitarian voluntary...

Maltese mother-of-two Christina Lejman works with local...

Michael Falzon

The nature of this relationship should be regulated by law as currently, it is not clear

The nature of this relationship should be regulated by law...