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Off the deep end

Friday, 28 July 2017, 15:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Christopher Attard

We’ve gone off the deep end ladies and gentlemen, or is it sexist to say this now? If that’s the case, we might as well settle for comrades at this point. If we are capable of demolishing...

New leaders and new ways

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 09:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Clyde Puli

Not long after the results of the last general election became known, France held the second round of its Presidential election, which was won by Emmanuel Macron. Barely a year earlier, Macron’s...

Breaking the law

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 09:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The parents of children who attend state schools are offered the choice between religion and ethics classes.  In the ethics classes, teenagers will be invited to reflect upon the moral bases of...

Shouldering public responsibility

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 09:03 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

Public administration provides the organisation of inter-related activities of people on the tax-payers’ payroll. At all levels of government service, different employees perform different...

A stoned nation?

Sunday, 23 July 2017, 08:13 Last update: about 10 years ago Michael Asciak

This might be the only article I will write on this issue. Not because it does not merit adequate and sufficient attention, but because this government pretends to raise topics for discussion when it...

The faceless phase

Monday, 17 July 2017, 09:16 Last update: about 10 years ago Kevin Cassar

Ai Weiwei, the internationally acclaimed Chinese artist and outspoken critic of China’s leaders, was arrested by Chinese police in 2011.  For several weeks nobody had seen or heard...

Thank God for Wednesday 12 July 2017!

Sunday, 16 July 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

Last Wednesday, Malta became the 15th country (out of 50) in Europe to legally recognise and allow same-sex marriage. The main arguments for this change hinged on "new rights" being given to the LGBT...

What’s not to like about gay marriage?

Sunday, 16 July 2017, 08:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Freddie Singleton

First all, Malta, congratulations: what you have achieved in just five years for LGBT rights is incredible. You are now a leading light to the rest of the world in terms of LGBT equality. The passing...

Breaking the barriers

Sunday, 16 July 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

The status quo is definitely out of sync with a fast-changing world. A successful administration has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by complacency to one defined primarily by...

Opinion: What type of Second Republic? - Kevin Aquilina

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 16:22 Last update: about 10 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Question time of April 30, 2016 was entitled ‘Constitutional Supremacy: Is there need for a Second Republic?’ This question was surely answered by Professor Ray Mangion, Lawyer and...

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