Stoning the opponent
Friday, 23 October 2015, 08:54
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
The MUT President, Kevin Bonello, resorted to the MUT’s official Facebook page to launch an attack on those who are disagreeing with the distribution of books about gay and lesbian sexuality in...
Down the halal rabbit-hole
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 10:52
Last update: about 12 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
There are times when I think I’ve fallen down the rabbit-hole, and this is one of them. Labour MP Joe Farrugia – believe me when I say that I had never heard of him before now – said...
Critique
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 08:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
I was hardly impressed by the Nationalist Opposition’s critique of the 2016 budget and of the present economic direction. It is clear that when the economy is on a roll, as is happening now in...
Why is Joseph Muscat so angry?
Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 10:28
Last update: about 12 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat must have been very irked by the well-measured and genuine reply to the budget given by Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil on Monday. In his address on Tuesday, Joseph...
I will not confess!
Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 08:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
When still a little boy going to confession made me feel very much like the prodigal son; lost with a need to be found, forever made to think I have sinned and in need of indulgence because of my...
You’re so far away
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 11:28
Last update: about 12 years ago
Gejtu Vella
The 1985 Dire Straits rock song ‘So far away’ has eloquent lyrics. “You’re so far away from me I just can’t see” is a growing feeling amongst various categories in...
Teaching sexuality to children
Monday, 19 October 2015, 10:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
Simon Mercieca
On Friday, 9 October, I was invited by Ivan Grech Mintoff to be a guest on his programme Exodus on F-Living. He wanted to discuss the current government’s policy on sexual education. It resulted...
Budget waves
Monday, 19 October 2015, 08:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Alfred Sant
One can consider the way by which people come to terms with the budget as a process spread over three movements. In a first wave, the budget is published and subjected to the open scrutiny of the...
Losing a van and €9,000 to save on two ferry tickets
Sunday, 18 October 2015, 11:07
Last update: about 12 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The cheating mentality is so endemic in Malta that there are many people who actually do not understand that some things are not an "u ejja" matter and there is a still price to pay. Take the...
The next big task is making things work
Sunday, 18 October 2015, 11:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Noel Grima
There is, I believe, a very wide constituency out there not for any grand ideal but for simply making things work as they should work (but do not). I think that, as a nation, we have gone through...