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Vetoing the veto

Sunday, 13 June 2021, 10:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Charles Flores

Well, of course, it was a German who lit the fuse. This time in the figure of Foreign Minister Heiko Maas who came out calling for the European Union to get rid of the right for individual member...

The institutionalisation of disrespect

Sunday, 6 June 2021, 10:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The problem is dominance. It's also the dynamic that keeps the human world going. We're all in an insane race to dominate and avoid being dominated or accepting to be dominated. Dominance means...

Enjoy the peace

Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:30 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

At a court hearing yesterday (Thursday) a representative of the State asked me if it could be that Lino Cauchi was killed in some sort of personal vendetta. We have reached that stage. So...

When a media mate goes

Sunday, 4 April 2021, 07:30 Last update: about 4 years ago Charles Flores

Most of us who have been in the media since the 1960s probably felt it more than the Johnny-come-latelies who got to know Godfrey Grima in the twilight of his remarkable career. His sad passing away,...

The threat to our future

Sunday, 4 April 2021, 07:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Pollution contaminates our lives. We tend to act and react depending on the visibility of the pollutant. Research is ongoing and new publications continuously point towards the impact of pollution in...

Wave after wave

Sunday, 4 April 2021, 06:35 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

The numbers, we say, speak for themselves. But they do not solve the Covid pandemic. Ever since the authorities imposed a virtual lockdown, we have seen the number of infections decrease...

Free speech, fake speech

Thursday, 1 April 2021, 07:46 Last update: about 4 years ago Michael Briguglio

Should free speech have limits? Is it acceptable to post fake news on social media? Should liberal democratic societies tighten regulation on communication articulated on social media platforms like...

The China connection

Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 08:32 Last update: about 4 years ago Peter Agius

No, I am not referring to China Connection, as in the Bruce Lee movie, although I can see a link there. The 1972 martial arts film is in fact known also as 'Fist of Fury', in parallel to the fury...

Flabby enterprises?

Monday, 29 March 2021, 08:59 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

Here is how I understood (I hope well) the argument developed in the media by the Chamber of Commerce President: Though the wage subsidies given by government to SMEs are helping them to survive the...

A poor workman blames his tools

Saturday, 27 March 2021, 11:38 Last update: about 4 years ago Rachel Borg

In an article on Illum on 23rd March, Peppi Azzopardi lifted a stone. Underneath he found a whole colony of voters who would vote for Joseph Muscat big time. All this because they bought a car that...

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