Reveal and be damned
Without wanting to sound like a prima donna, had it not been for MaltaToday, no oil scandal would have ever materialised
View ArticleThe girls and the selfie story
Men and women are now inhabiting a hyper-sexualised scenario but the selfies can be interpreted as an act of defiance against the restraints of the past.
View ArticleThe market rules OK
Muscat’s audacity on citizenship has not only given rise to nationalistic fervour on both sides of the tribal divide, but raises questions on the commodification of rights
View ArticleMarlene Farrugia and World War Z
Very much like World War Z, all politicians eventually succumb to the same virus and turn into zombies
View ArticleDestined for embarrassment
If the European Court rules that the scheme is illegal… Busuttil’s own refusal to refund an estimated €1 billion will suddenly look uncomfortably like orchestrated theft
View ArticleSaviour Balzan's videoblog
What is with Labour's infatuation with the developers' lobby?
View ArticleCitizenship for common mortals
The introduction of a short term ‘effective residence’ before the granting of citizenship to the rich, should embolden a campaign for amendments to the citizenship act to facilitate the granting of...
View ArticleWho are we?
Instead of asking me who the Maltese are, I guess it is best to ask what the Maltese want.
View ArticleDeath of a junkie
If Philip Seymour Hoffmann were Maltese consistency would demand that we treat him as a criminal
View ArticleEddie: my assessment
My final assessment of Eddie Fenech Adami is more than good. He was perhaps, more than ripe for the country at the time and the best we could ever been served with as prime minister.
View ArticleEpitaph on a giraffe
Marius the giraffe died to feed (quite literally) the public’s appetite for the macabre
View ArticleHow much dirtier can you get?
Surely the revelation that Enemalta meter readers had been involved in accepting bribes to reduce the value of an electricity bill comes as no surprise to most of us.
View ArticleDelimara: why all the haste?
The decision on where to store and process natural gas should have been the first one to be taken and only after widespread public consultation with local communities, before choosing bidder and...
View Article‘You can feel the disease…’
The Beatles's 'Come Together' is a terrible choice as Malta's theme song for the country's 50th anniversary celebrations. Here's why.
View ArticleOn the parliamentary removal of a judge
The Speaker should ensure that biased Members of Parliament are debarred from taking part in the removal procedure, including in voting
View ArticleStealing from the commons
In a country where political patronage and nepotism are rampant, naming and shaming those party to bribery is vital to dispel any impression that a cover-up is taking place
View ArticleThe wolves of Malta
If Muscat thinks his AC Milan has no news value, he is missing the point: News is not determined by who smells the coffee, but by who casts the dice.
View ArticleFarrugia Sacco – injustice in the making?
Applying proportionality to Farrugia Sacco indicates that judicial removal appears to be too harsh a sanction to mete out: a fine is more appropriate and proportional.
View ArticleTwo weights and two friggin’ measures
Policemen have been busily wasting their time to prosecute individuals who have passed comments on a newspaper portal about the horrible state of hunting.
View ArticleA left-wing presidency for Malta?
The ideological orientation of the social policy minister who will replace Coleiro Preca will be decisive as to the Labour government's direction on welfare
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