When It comes to it, small is beautiful
Friday, 21 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Only recently, British Telecom – one of the main internet providers in the UK – announced its ‘ambitious’ plans as it has itself called it,...
Talking Sense about global warming
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Instead of single-mindedly trying to force people to do without carbon-emitting fuels...
You’ve Got to love her
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“If Caroline Lucas’s Green party was likened to a watermelon, I don’t think that there is anything wrong with Labourites being likened to apples – red on the outside and green on the inside”...
The Bankrupt theology of financial deregulation
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“Before the crisis, the IMF’s best-known function – lending to countries with balance-of-payment problems – was becoming irrelevant”...
The Dynamics of change
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
“If one had to take for a moment its environmental credentials, they are so dented that it is no longer an issue of PL vs the PN but rather the PN vs public opinion”...
Politically Hung?
Monday, 17 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
A vote taken soon after a ruling given by the Speaker on whether a government MP had a conflict of interest or not triggered a chain of reactions from the opposition...
The Strategic value of the lie
Monday, 17 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This magnificent lie evoked memories of the lies of Ettore Bono and Eddie Fenech Adami and sanctified Lenin’s creed that a lie told often enough becomes the truth...
Someone Must be watching
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I often meet people who claim that they never, ever watch Maltese TV. ...
The Name of the game
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
To read the papers and to listen to the television stations, one would have thought Malta is on the edge of a civil war and that Parliament has become a boxing ring....