The majority of people feel nervous at the idea of a socialist government giving out their hard-earned money to the welfare state.  This week, they could keep their mind at rest that only the...

Last Monday in parliament, Minister for Finance, Edward Scicluna, presented the 2020 Budget. This budget builds on the seven previous budgets and clearly shows the vision of this Government to...

A sociological analysis of the budget can investigate both macro- and micro- aspects. The big picture, social trends, people’s perceptions and everyday lives are all important considerations in...

It is difficult to criticise the 2020 budget that minister Scicluna launched last Monday. I cannot find one false note in it even if like most, I consider that an emphasis or two could have been...

In Malta, the symbols, the niches, the chapels and the massive church structures are there for all to see.  However, if I get my research well, the word “Church” derives from the...

Whatever we say, whatever we do, whatever justice is served, nothing can ever guide us back to what we were before they silenced Daphne, the day they executed a woman, a journalist, a mother, a...

Scheduling of properties seems to have picked up somewhat these past two years after an especially dry spell that extended throughout 2013, 2014 and 2015, during which period only nine buildings were...

In the European Parliament’s plenary last week, a debate with vote was held on a resolution which condemned foreign interference in European national elections. I am one of those who...

Poverty and environmental degradation are inter-related. They are, in fact, twins or possibly the two sides of the same coin.   The Malta Independent on Sunday 13 Oct...

“Immature cynicism”, a phrase used by Jordan Peterson, can be used to classify most of the reactions left under my piece of last week, which discussed abortion. Particularly those that try...