Children’s excessive screen time
Mark Said
Constant exposure to unrealistic images and standards on social media can cause anxiety, depression and low self-esteem in teens
The anxious travails of Malta’s neutrality | John Baldacchino
Looking closer at why the government and Opposition agreed to enshrine neutrality in Malta’s Constitution back in 1987, one begins to understand how this was a very domestic...
A new hat needed
Saviour Balzan

what we need is a very important game changer, a new player who can stand up and be taken seriously. And this has to come from elsewhere, not from the ranks of...

what we need is a very important game changer, a new player...

Climate change will displace millions | Gulrez Shah Azhar
The Conversation

Climate migration is already happening. Every year desertification in...

Climate migration is already happening. Every year...

Turning equality into a gender battle will backfire
Josanne Cassar

I think there was an unnecessary over-reaction to the Charles Caruana...

I think there was an unnecessary over-reaction to the...

Running with the liberals...
Raphael Vassallo

Sorry, but you can't exactly run with the liberals and hunt with the conservatives, you know

Sorry, but you can't exactly run with the liberals and...

Not a new year resolution but...
Evarist Bartolo

I think it’s good advice not just for politics but for life: cut the noise and focus on what really matters

I think it’s good advice not just for politics but...

The AUM debacle: panem at circenses?
Michael Falzon

The AUM dream seems to have vanished into thin air and the campus at Bormla is certainly not flourishing

The AUM dream seems to have vanished into thin air and the...

I might think I might have just solved that national problem of ours...
Raphael Vassallo

Maybe we could solve the traffic problem by breathalysing all the people who run the Malta Transport Authority.... instead of the ones who get caught up in all...

Maybe we could solve the traffic problem by breathalysing...

The story of an unlicensed parker says it all
Josanne Cassar

Grab some land near the beach and turn it into a summer house. Encroach on...

Grab some land near the beach and turn it into a summer...

Very schmaltzy but true...
Saviour Balzan

Real stories which normal folk experience and face each day are being swept under the carpet just because most of the time we are setting the wrong agenda

Real stories which normal folk experience and face each day...

The world in 2018: democracy tested by a lack of trust
Matthew Bugeja

The global economic picture is positive. The underlying political reality? Not...

The global economic picture is positive. The underlying...

Domestic violence: Whose side are the police on?
Josanne Cassar

The macho “closing of ranks”, even within the top echelons of...

The macho “closing of ranks”, even within the...

Enabling achievers
Evarist Bartolo

The Achieve programme is reaching out to students who would have either dropped out of education or had nothing to show for it after eleven years of schooling

The Achieve programme is reaching out to students who would...

Valletta is European Capital of Culture. Reasons to celebrate?
Teodor Reljic

Looking at 2018 | What are the implications of pitching this potentially...

Looking at 2018 | What are the implications of pitching...

How vital was Vitals?
Michael Falzon

As from the new year, new EU regulations do not allow governments to make contract with companies whose ultimate owner is unknown – as is the case of...

As from the new year, new EU regulations do not allow...

Adrian Delia and a revolution of confidence
Frank Psaila

Those who wish Delia fails are foolishly cutting their nose to spite their face...

Those who wish Delia fails are foolishly cutting their nose...

Come together (over my dead body)
Raphael Vassallo

The PN could only go one way or another; and whichever path it chose, it would automatically have lost a significant chunk of its voter base. The most recent...

The PN could only go one way or another; and whichever path...

Nature is trying to  tell us something
Josanne Cassar

Whether you live in a huge mansion and drive a Lamborghini, or whether you live in a modest mud hut in the middle of Africa where your feet are your only means...

Whether you live in a huge mansion and drive a Lamborghini,...

There is hope after all
Saviour Balzan

Could there be a “revival” of the printed newspaper? A newspaper that comes with a smell and offers that same sensation of paper with a reading...

Could there be a “revival” of the printed...