The right to protest is sacrosanct. Beating journalists and birdwatchers is not.

The right to protest is sacrosanct. Beating journalists and...

It was Labour which started the strategy, in 1996, when George Vella signed a shabby pre-electoral contract with the hunters. But what 'Labour started'...

It was Labour which started the strategy, in 1996, when...

To be Maltese or Scottish, British or European, is a consequence and not the cause of being a willing participant in a democracy that sustains diversity,...

To be Maltese or Scottish, British or European, is a...

Two main issues are lack of qualifications and lack of experience. We must...

Two main issues are lack of qualifications and lack of...

Musing over what happened a decade ago will hardly help to solve the challenges...

Musing over what happened a decade ago will hardly help to...

Until the government figures out how to help the elderly at home with some...

Until the government figures out how to help the elderly at...

Today there are practically no differences between the PN and Labour on Malta’s status as a valid EU member, on foreign policy, on the importance of...

Today there are practically no differences between the PN...

Traditionally, ‘independence’ has always been viewed as a good thing, yet this week we saw the same concept reviled, spat upon and humiliated, held...

Traditionally, ‘independence’ has always been...

I discovered that politicians are replaced in office by others who turn out to be no different from their predecessors

I discovered that politicians are replaced in office by...

Children are notorious at sniffing out any waffling or hesitancy and will exploit your weakness until they make you weep at your own inadequacies. But is a...

Children are notorious at sniffing out any waffling or...

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to fall... while not moving an inch from his party’s centre-right identity.

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to...

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of recommendations on how to...

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of...

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world can live together. For that to happen – hopefully some day it will – it is necessary to...

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world...

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal of a MUSEUM volunteer accused of sexual abuse, on top of a couple of other situations where...

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal...

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture tends to flagrantly...

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture...

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European Parliament, it would...

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European...

There comes a point when we have to stop being so overly concerned with the wellbeing of the adults in the picture, and turn our focus on the children

There comes a point when we have to stop being so overly...

Turkey’s Islamization under Erdogan and his deliberate compromising of Turkey’s democratic principles by jailing journalists without trial, point...

Turkey’s Islamization under Erdogan and his...