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The Guardian of the Constitution

Monday, 18 March 2019, 07:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Our Constitution expects that the President of the Republic to protect and defend the Constitution of Malta. However, that same Constitution fails to provide the President with the required tools in...

Abortion: Big money, useful idiots

Sunday, 17 March 2019, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Whenever a new initiative crops up, you do have to ask, "Cui bono?" ("Who benefits by it?") Often, the supposed beneficiary is not the one being pushed forward, but somebody else who lurks in the...

Let us act now to stop this rot

Sunday, 17 March 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Adrian Delia

When one of Europe's best legal minds signals a red flag on the state of our judiciary system, we should all stop, listen and ponder on the state of affairs in which our country finds itself. Judge...

So you think I like Joseph Muscat?

Sunday, 17 March 2019, 09:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

Something that has always intrigued me is how the brain works. When I write an article and some brainy people understand the exact opposite of what I mean to express, I question not just my writing...

The Ides of March madness

Sunday, 17 March 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Way back in time, a group of Roman senators got together and on the Ides of March (15 March) overthrew and killed the budding dictator Julius Caesar, well believing they were acting in defence of...

Only the paranoid survive

Saturday, 16 March 2019, 09:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

"Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks.  Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools.  And their grand-children are once more slaves" - D.H....

Thinking creatively in culture

Friday, 15 March 2019, 08:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

“Let’s go one step further in culture, let us literally think beyond our comfort zone”. I proposed this question long way back, during periodic meetings I hold with the...

Gozo debate

Thursday, 14 March 2019, 07:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

During a public debate held recently in Gozo at which I participated, topics that have featured for a long while in such meetings were raised again. All were related to connectivity problems. These...

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