This country of ours is flooded with idiosyncrasies.  In more ways than one we are a peculiar community that contradicts what we say with what we do - inconsistency galore! Let's take...

The prime minister, confronted by a journalist from this newspaper during a visit to the university, was asked whether John Dalli is still working for the government. This time, there was no 'tu...

  We live in a world that is made of spin, built on spin, and believes in spin. Spin is creating a make-believe world and sooner or later most are inveigled in it, it surrounds us,...

  The Scottish independence referendum has predictably caused a major ruffling of the nationalistic nest spread out all over Europe. People, who have never felt comfortable within old unions...

Most countries in the world have one national day, or at most, two. A national day is normally one on which people celebrate their country and, in most cases, it is held on the date that the country...

At least, that is what he would have us believe. And even if that were true, exactly what does it say about the nature and character of the man? That he is not somebody you can trust; that he will tie...

The linking up of our independent media to editorially promote the abolition of spring hunting and for the now mandatory referendum to be held at the appropriate time is unprecedented. Not as a theme,...

Writing on Sunday afternoon, I thought for a while which events caught my attention during the past week. Indisputably, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat address to the 69th session of the United...

It is not an easy time to be a mother. Shuffling out of the house.  Slowly. Painfully. Heavy heart, clouded mind. Choking back a deluge of unshed tears. Mourning words unsaid and...