Hardcore Labour voters
Monday, 20 December 2021, 07:45
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
I never found the right in Malta to be credible when it claims that the Labour Party benefits from a “natural” (or embedded) hardcore vote that is greater than that of the PN. I do not...
Laughing at us
Sunday, 19 December 2021, 10:47
Last update: about 6 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“I feel absolute disgust, it sickens me - the government is laughing at us”. These were the comments of a Yorkshire man who because of COVID regulations was unable to visit his elderly...
Four books for the festive season
Sunday, 19 December 2021, 09:48
Last update: about 6 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Silvio Meli The Philosophy of Law: A Brief Introduction Kite Group 2020, xxx+218 pages, Foreword by Rev. Dr Mark Montebello op The pandemic having normalised off-site...
Towards a wider cannabis consensus
Sunday, 19 December 2021, 08:58
Last update: about 6 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
It has been more than 10 years since the publication of the report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Anan. One of its main recommendations was to end...
Appreciation: Michael Mallia
Sunday, 19 December 2021, 08:03
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
I can remember with clarity the day I first came to know Michael Mallia, who died this week. It was 20 August 1994, a very hot day. For the first and only time in my life I had to conduct three...
On the treadmill
Saturday, 18 December 2021, 07:25
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
Our impression is that Robert Abela’s favourite way of keeping fit is to run on the treadmill. Running on the spot, sweating and believing that the image on his monitor is where he really...
Fixing the system
Friday, 17 December 2021, 08:07
Last update: about 6 years ago
Owen Bonnici
One of the things which vividly struck me during 2021 was an episode which happened on Valentine’s Day. A young couple had decided to rent a hotel room for the occasion and decided to smoke...
Transnational lists
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
An idea that’s been doing the rounds regarding how elections to the European Parliament should be staged is for transnational electoral districts to be established – constituencies that...
Costly distractions
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 08:34
Last update: about 6 years ago
Peter Agius
Maltese politics has largely become an exercise of distractions. While the political class takes front page treatment with daily scandals of reckless use of public money and cosy relationships with...
Contaminating education with reality
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 08:38
Last update: about 6 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
All around the world we are faced with great challenges in education: what do we need to do to make formal education relevant for the real world of tomorrow? How can education help us move forward,...