Hobson’s choice or waiting for Godot?
Mark Said
Until satisfactory answers are found to those questions, the PN risks continuing to wait for Godot, living without a sense of meaning, value or truth, and mired in directional...
The web rebooted
Alexiei Dingli
Over the past decade, a significant shift has occurred. The Web's initial ethos of decentralisation and empowerment has been overshadowed by centralisation, primarily driven...
Climate change and islands
The Conversation

In Tuvalu, freshwater supply from reservoirs is already gradually being replaced by seawater. In parallel, it is also being contaminated by sewage

In Tuvalu, freshwater supply from reservoirs is already...

‘Scarface’: proof that prohibition doesn’t work
Raphael Vassallo

If marijuana is a ‘gateway drug’, it is partly due to the present...

If marijuana is a ‘gateway drug’, it is partly...

Party loyalty vs conscience
Michael Falzon

In retrospect, it is obvious that the PN leadership should have given a free vote to the Opposition MPs regarding the gay marriage law. Using the party whip on...

In retrospect, it is obvious that the PN leadership should...

No cure for the summertime blues
Saviour Balzan

If the government is serious on national reconciliation it cannot go after the protagonists as if they were criminals

If the government is serious on national reconciliation it...

Women in politics? Force the change
Josanne Cassar

I think the time for complaining is over. Women, who excel so much at multi-tasking, should not sell themselves short, but need to come together and join forces

I think the time for complaining is over. Women, who excel...

'Daddy, what is a tree?'
Josanne Cassar

If this culture change by those in charge doesn’t happen fast, we will one day wake up to a world where little children look up from their electronic...

If this culture change by those in charge doesn’t...

There is a ‘new way’... but nobody’s tried it
Raphael Vassallo

The electorate had no difficulty making that quantum evolutionary leap when the...

The electorate had no difficulty making that quantum...

What’s behind the sudden rise in measles deaths in Europe?
The Conversation

The recent European outbreaks have been recorded in areas with low vaccination...

The recent European outbreaks have been recorded in areas...

Great things can happen
Evarist Bartolo

We still live in a country where inequality exists. We still live in a country where racism, in different shapes and forms, is widespread

We still live in a country where inequality exists. We...

A letter to Simon and friends
Michael Falzon

The broad vision of an all encompassing political party that manages to find common ground between different sectors of the population has never managed to...

The broad vision of an all encompassing political party...

Orange you glad you’re not a carob?
Raphael Vassallo

Is it possible that the only thing a carob and an orange tree would strike up a conversation about was a minor legislative amendment concerning marriage...

Is it possible that the only thing a carob and an orange...

[WATCH] Nothing positive about overdevelopment
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan lambasts the unbridled construction...

MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan lambasts the...

Who wants to become a teacher?
Josanne Cassar

I wonder how parents can have such a lack of empathy with teachers when they themselves often cannot cope with their own kids

I wonder how parents can have such a lack of empathy with...

Is this the best one can do?
Saviour Balzan

Someone who made his success and loads of money and now wants to get to the top, may not necessarily be the right chap for the job of Opposition leader

Someone who made his success and loads of money and now...

Make up your own quotes. That’s what leaders do
Raphael Vassallo

The exigencies facing the newly elected PN leader are different. What is...

The exigencies facing the newly elected PN leader are...

Should Muscat be blamed for the rift inside the PN?
Josanne Cassar

Surely Muscat is capable of mapping out Machiavellian chess moves, but the...

Surely Muscat is capable of mapping out Machiavellian chess...

Ragoniere Ugo Fantozzi: A tragedy, a comedy and a work of art
Evarist Bartolo

Despite all these problems, the perseverance of the Italian people is second to...

Despite all these problems, the perseverance of the Italian...

Are NGOs responsible for the migration crisis?
The Conversation

Antoine Pécoud: Frontex defends the right of governments to control...

Antoine Pécoud: Frontex defends the right of...