From all the things I do, lecturing remains my number one passion.  It is during this time that together with my students I am challenged on so many issues.  The benefit I get from their...

When I was a child I had this dreamy way of looking at life, and still do at times. All Disney movies had the perfect ending and I was privileged to live in a place where when I was told I could be...

Prime Minister and PL Leader Joseph Muscat has declared he will shortly be resigning all his appointments. An enormous majority of PL members and of party supporters disagree that this should happen....

Our Constitution expects that the President of the Republic to protect and defend the Constitution of Malta. However, that same Constitution fails to provide the President with the required tools in...

Whenever a new initiative crops up, you do have to ask, "Cui bono?" ("Who benefits by it?") Often, the supposed beneficiary is not the one being pushed forward, but somebody else who lurks in the...

When one of Europe's best legal minds signals a red flag on the state of our judiciary system, we should all stop, listen and ponder on the state of affairs in which our country finds itself. Judge...

Something that has always intrigued me is how the brain works. When I write an article and some brainy people understand the exact opposite of what I mean to express, I question not just my writing...

Way back in time, a group of Roman senators got together and on the Ides of March (15 March) overthrew and killed the budding dictator Julius Caesar, well believing they were acting in defence of...

"Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks.  Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools.  And their grand-children are once more slaves" - D.H....

“Let’s go one step further in culture, let us literally think beyond our comfort zone”. I proposed this question long way back, during periodic meetings I hold with the...