The arguments of those who are against remarriage after legal separation have focused on three main themes....

The metaphor is normally “il-polz tal-poplu” - the people’s pulse. It’s the measure that most politicians used to go by for a long time. Ever since a few avant-garde British colonials ...

It’s like a battle between David and Goliath.Goliath, a huge, monster-like giant, armed to the hilt and carrying a protective ...

Can we take a leaf out of Obama’s hymn book and sing our way to deficit reduction. For the uninitiated, 2011 was an exceptional year in American history when its deficit rose...

Valletta’s bridge is falling down, falling down, my fair lady. But unlike London Bridge, from where the rhyme originates, our bridge...

As any doctor will tell you, what we hear in our surgeries goes far beyond health checks or diagnosis. People tend to open their hearts to the family ...

Four years ago I was invited to write a fortnightly column for this august publication. I was told that my continual globetrotting and interest in world affairs would bring a new and different ...

Back in 2007-2008, when the financial crisis was still called the ‘subprime’ crisis, Europeans felt superior to the United States. European bankers surely knew better than to hand out so-called ‘NINJA’ (no income, no job, no assets) loans...

Ivory Coast has been in turmoil ever since the last presidential election in November, in which Alassane Ouattara defeated the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo. This election was thought to be a catalyst in reunifying the country...

The metaphors used during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 – earthquake, tsunami, meltdown, black swan, and fallout – are back with a vengeance, but now they are being recycled literally...