Two images come to my mind with regards to Wednesday’s attack on the US capital, one foreign and one local. The first is Chilean president Salvador Allende, helmeted and grasping a rifle,...

Where do we begin to make sense of the force for mis-management, for deliberate mis-appropriation of power and leadership that is wrecking so much harm and mis-trust amongst the people from both sides...

It might have been written back in 2016, but Professor Klaus Schwab's article: The fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond is still relevant and enlightening as ever. Schwab,...

In our democracy and in others that it resembles, how easy is it to take hard decisions when the time to take them arrives? In terms of partisan common sense, if one side is trying to implement...

Various situations, from the global to the national and from the social to the personal, point towards the intersection of various factors in the challenges we face.  Covid-19 and the state of...

I’m up to my nose with charity campaigns, especially telethons.  Can’t we see that this model is belittling the ‘cause’ rather than empowering people.  Let me...

Brexit is now a reality. No matter how illogical it seemed for one of the most influential member states to leave the decision-making table of the world’s leading economic club, it...

Probably enthusiasm for festas is among the most prominent traits of the Maltese character. The Leader of the Opposition has given another proof of this, reportedly, with his call for Malta to...

As the New Year begins, we carry forward unfinished business from 2020, with the pandemic in pole position. But one of the most important political happenings of the last days of 2020 was Bernard...

Our actions today are a first draft in designing the future. They are tomorrow’s blueprint. Our future as well as that of future generations. The ice sheets are melting at a faster rate...