After a couple of no shows, our President, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca has made it to the Vatican.  With Michelle and Joseph launching their platforms at the UN in New York there was perfect...

The opening of the forensic year brought about two contrasting views about our system of justice. The first one was that expressed by Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri and the other by Auxiliary Bishop...

The barbeque season is not yet over but grilling is still on everybody’s mind. In Karmenu Vella’s case, the order went from medium to rare but never well done. It was a far cry...

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,...