“Salvu Mallia is doing a good job, especially since he is making politics interesting again.” Simply incredible! These words were said by Simon Busuttil as if in response to the many...

Historically, Western powers occupied most Muslim countries for a number of centuries. In many countries, there were attempts to introduce democracy, but in the end the West imposed autocratic...

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most loved artists of all time. His paintings are energetically composed, charged with chromatic intensity and undying dynamism. They are so appealing because they are...

Oscar Wilde quipped that the chief argument against Christianity was the style of St Paul. He should have also added Paul's teachings. Jesus thought of himself purely as a Jew, sharing the...

After the Obama administration accused the Russian government of hacking Democratic Party emails during America's presidential campaign, serious political observers are now concerned that Germany will...

All or almost all  people in all walks of life wield power: a parent over children, a teacher over students, administration on employees, the police force, the armed forces , journalists, the...

Few are those who did not hear about that famous 1997 Italian comedy-drama film La vità è bella (Life is beautiful), which starred Roberto Benigni, who also directed it. The...

What I find repulsive and despicable is the contemptible act of those who are political switchers from one camp to the other. I am referring mostly to those front liners who devotedly formed part of...

I refer to the article entitled “Dilly-dallying and dangerous shortcuts: the Minister’s constitutional amendment” by the Hon. Clyde Puli carried by The Malta Independent on Sunday of...

Sometimes you meet someone in your life that inadvertently shows aspects of greatness, never realising the extent of the profound effect he would have on your life. He touches your soul in a very...