Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Sunday, 9 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The recent saga involving yours truly, the Institute of Maltese Journalists and the Media Ethics Commission was a highly-charged affair, if not altogether lunatic. ...
Why Might should not be right
Sunday, 9 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The more I observe human behaviour the more it is obvious that there is a correlation between self-centredness and outright aggression, captured so perfectly...
Spoilt Children
Sunday, 9 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Parents of teenagers and younger children will know what I mean when I say that we are bringing up a generation of spoilt kids. But although we admit it and know...
J’accuse: The Rule Of Law is a Gambling Act
Sunday, 9 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As I sat down to type, the news reached Rue De Bragance that Sliema Water Polo Club has won a crucial game against Neptunes. I don’t really dig water polo, and beyond...
A Museum of modern art in Malta
Sunday, 9 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In the 1980s, there was a short-lived attempt to convert Palazzo Spinola in St Julian’s into a Museum of Modern Art. Since then Malta has been without a Museum of Modern...
Don’t Ruin another life
Sunday, 9 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There is an e-mail doing the rounds about Anthony Taliana, the young man who is being prosecuted for causing the death of Clifford Micallef, who was on a bicycle...
The 8/8/88 Uprising in Burma
Saturday, 8 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Today is the 21st anniversary of the 8888 Popular Uprising in Burma. It began as a student protest about corrupt government and economic mismanagement in Rangoon but spread throughout the country. ...
Party Politics: Pain Or Gain?
Friday, 7 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I have been active within the Nationalist Party for the last 20 or so years. These have been interesting years; not all smooth years of course. ...
Friday Wisdom: What Shape the recovery?
Friday, 7 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
By all reasonable indications the international recession, which started in the 4th quarter of 2007 and went into a free fall in the second half of 2008, has probably bottomed out in the second quarter of 2009 and is currently on a path of recovery....
Even In death, there are no good manners
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“Curiosity about other people’s grief is not a legitimate demand for information. There is no such thing as ‘the people’s right to know’ what other people look like when dead, or when they are gazing in horror at the body of their wife or mother”...