India’s democratic credentials do not impress Francis Fukuyama, who two decades ago foretold the “end of history,” as being a catalyst for the country’s economic growth...

Even as the debt crises in Europe and the United States loom large and the global economic recovery falters, inflation is making a comeback worldwide. Indeed...

I still vividly recall an occasion when some months back Lawrence Gonzi defended the Commissioner of Police to the hilt in Parliament by claiming that he had full confidence in him as he always investigated thoroughly all those cases referred to him ...

There are two ways to look at Greece’s majestically unsustainable sovereign-debt mountain...

Malta is a European country and has been a member of the European Union since 2004...

Don’t expect me to write on the Cyrus Engerer farce today. I find it immensely humiliating that our political discourse has degenerated...

“In Russian roulette there is one bullet in the cylinder. In Belgian roulette the whole cylinder is loaded with bullets.”...

Here’s the shadow minister for justice, Jose A. Herrera, writing in The Times yesterday: “As the opposition member responsible for justice, I have, as expected, been persistently approached by various membe...

I cannot stand conspiracy theories. Worse still, I cannot stand most conspiracy theorists for their willingness to accept half-truths and bent facts much mo...

When you strip away the private details of a relationship gone wrong which led to intimate photos being allegedly circulated to third parties (the kind of behavio...