This has become, media-wise, the country of the bland. To see the TVM news on any day is to be fed spoonful after spoonful of positive stories or, at the most, innocuous,...

It can’t be much fun working at the Palace right now. Four palace officials have resigned in the space of a week. One of them has served under every president since 1979, including the truly...

Last week I wrote about Jean Claude Juncker’s appeal for member states to nominate more women as commissioners. I warned that if we stick to Karmenu Vella’s nomination, which as predicted we did, we...

On Saturday week, the beatification ceremony of the first bishop prelate of Opus Dei, Alvaro del Portillo, will take place in Madrid. He is a man to whom I am greatly indebted for personal favours...

Teaching: the second oldest profession and, arguably, the most noble.   There have been many famous teachers throughout the ages: Aesop, Socrates, Mr Jeremy Brown, Jesus. The latter’s...

The environment was back on the national agenda this week. Earlier this week we were told that according to the findings of a Eurobarometre survey, the Maltese are “the most worried” EU...

Here I am in Bonnie Scotland trying to convince as many Scots as possible, from taxi drivers and hotel employees to tourist guides and fast-food sellers, to vote yes in the forthcoming independence...

        Every so often it is good to take a step back and observe what is happening around us from a higher perspective.  From here, we can see not only what is in...

        Do you remember Muscat's speech on the “mountain” back in March? It was Freedom Day and he had said that he will no longer allow children in...

        The trouble with parties in government is that the electoral process, unlike many shops and practically every online seller, has a no-returns policy. And to...