If there ever was any doubt how the Labour Party will behave if it is voted into power in the next general election this doubt has been removed by the partisan behaviour...

I think the idea of short-termism means that one should persist in thinking we can continue kidding ourselves with our present marketing strategies – but I fail to see why we always have to politicise every argument concerning...

Although the Church has a corpus of social teaching, it could not be claimed that it has spun a “theology of economics”. ...

Allow me a little gallows humour on the matter. If Joe Portelli’s Nadur farmers (TMIS, 16 September) “drink that water and cook with it– water that has...

My reference for using the word “niggardly”, as asked for by Revel Barker (TMIS, 16 September) is The Atlantic Monthly (issue of July, August or September 2007...

The home ownership honeymoon may be over in the world’s leading democracies, but there is no reason why, locally at least, if a few brave steps are taken now, we cannot both continue to sustain a...

Lawrence Gonzi may live to rue the day when he held back, last Thursday, from announcing an immediate election....

On 23 September, the Catholic Church throughout the world celebrates the feast of the Franciscan Capuchin saint, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. Many of us Maltese have heard about this extraordinary man, ...

Many see work as a necessary evil, the tool through which one brings in the money needed to raise a family. If they can have the money without the work, then they will gladly accept it with no questions asked....

I was astonished at the letter “We never had it so good” (TMID, 18 September) written by Giov. DeMartino. In his usual apocalyptic style, he tries to convince us all that voting for Labour ...