The ongoing discussion about a change in the laws relating to prostitution opens up some fundamental dilemmas. To what extent should the rules of the “free market” be in force? Can those...

Recent data and policy discourse confirm that Malta is in need of tackling its income policies. At the same time, the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic complicates matters as polities around...

I am no fan of charity campaigns or telethons or any other activity, for that matter, intended to collect money and in the process debase and humble beneficiaries.  To me, it is demeaning and...

As we speak, hundreds of Maltese businesses are reviewing company balance sheets day after day, calculating how long they can last with plummeting turnovers. The government fiasco in handling the...

The Maltese political system is built around clientelism – but it is not alone in this. During the discussions about constitutional reform – that were to be held? that will be held?...

The country needs the rift within the PN to heal as it needs to find how to cope with the post-Muscat mess. Not only because Robert Abela is increasingly proving himself unable to do so, but also...

The human person forms an integral part of the eco-system.  We do not form part of “the economy”. The economy is the manner in which we organise ourselves, but the eco-system is our...

Let me state, restate, or reemphasise something. In the big scheme of history, I have always tended to favour the PN. And that’s not because I was born blue or because I pledged allegiance till...

With less than a month to go before the date when schools are due to reopen, there seem to be mounting panic among the stakeholders involved.  Time is short and there are still many issues to be...

This country owes a great heap of thanks to environmental and nature activist Cami Appelgren.  Single-handedly, this week, she went about organizing the damage response to the atrocious and...