The Effects of pornography
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Psychologist Edward Donnerstein (University of Wisconsin) found that even brief exposure to violent forms of pornography could lead to anti-social...
The Countenance of Europe
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We live in confusing times. During the past 50 years, more than 100 new nations have come into existence. Yet the proliferation of new national identities has proved less important than the transformation of the old ones....
Behind The numbers game
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
When the Matsec results were announced with a triumphant flourish this week only to be quickly followed by Labour’s rebuttal that the ...
J’accuse: “Forni Gate” And the Jazzy Ensemble
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We finally made it to Malta and the excruciating heat (not much change there). An early morning three-hour drive and a damned stomach bug...
THE WORLD AROUND US
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta has come a long way since 1964 – but will it arrive by 2015To celebrate my third anniversary of writing for this august publication in my adopted country, I dedicate the whole column to Malta. ...
Football Is clean but is it credible?
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
All 500 dope tests carried out during the World Cup in South Africa proved negative. The results confirm that football at its highest level of ...
A Zest for the job
Saturday, 17 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In politics we often talk of employment, and the importance of the creation of jobs. In Maltese the term ‘work’ (xoghol) ...
Slap Me with a title
Friday, 16 July 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I remember many years ago on a visit to Sicily, my host introduced me to the hotel receptionist as an ‘onorevole’, a title that some strangely seem to crave here...