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Muscat Needs to learn how to play poker

Thursday, 26 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I get the strangest feeling that by the end of today Joseph Muscat and his cronies will have realised that unlike Franco Debono they are not poker players...

Romney Goes on attack in Florida

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Mitt Romney spent years building a presidential candidacy based on corporate success, a squeaky clean image and an aura of electability that let him focus on President Barack Obama rather than his Republican rivals...

The Same old thing

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It was reported on 13 January in your pages that embellishment work is in progress on a pavement which should link Ta’ Xbiex promenade with that of Msida...

Questioning Conventional wisdom

Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Following conventions might not always be key to success. In a recent groundbreaking publication, Social Media Scientist Dan Zarrella declares that he would rather “question conventional wisdom” than blindly follow old social preaching...

Whatever The outcome... the Gonzi government is unsustainable

Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If government has reached a point of no return, the only honourable exit in my opinion for Lawrence Gonzi would be to dissolve Parliament before the debate kicks off or else reaches its own conclusion. (This article was filed around noon – yesterday)...

I Will survive - the development of resilience

Monday, 23 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

I start this article by using the title of this popular song made famous by Gloria Gaynor in 1979 and still living on as an essential element in a number of gatherings which include music....

Mind Over market

Monday, 23 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

In the 66 years since World War II ended, virtually all centrally planned economies have disappeared, largely as a result of inefficiency and low growth. Nowadays, markets, price signals, decentralisation...

Time For Dr Gonzi to take the medicine

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

I am assuming today that we are living in pre-electoral times, without wanting to anticipate what the outcome of the parliamentary vote on Thursday will be....

Will There be no end to these tiresome men?

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Franco Debono has announced that he will put before Parliament a Private Member’s Bill on political party financing. Those who saw his behaviour over the last few months in t...

The Exciting and the mundane

Sunday, 22 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The GonziPN government, rather than managing our fortunes, is once again in a crisis, whereas Labour, on the other hand, is excited about our nation’s prospects....

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