In my previous blog, I set out what the research says about hours and intensity.  The finding was specific.  Children spending high levels of time in formal group childcare between age two...

In general, work-life balance is the relationship between work and non-working time. However, it is difficult to define exactly how that balance is to be understood and measured. Good work-life...

  At 8pm on Friday night last week Prime Minister Robert Abela inaugurated the huge and costly 2050 vision, drawn up by a select group without any public consultation at all. But just...

The world is once again navigating dangerous waters. The escalating US/Israel war with Iran has sent shockwaves far beyond the immediate region. Global markets have been destabilized, energy security...

Clearly, investments in private sector projects constitute an essential part of the modern economy and should be encouraged and supported. Entrepreneurs who launch projects and then bring them to...

The legal profession is currently regulated across various existing legislative acts. A 2021 Act introduced key provisions, such as an obligatory register for warranted professionals and enhanced...

Even if it ends up as the victor in the war it began with the Ukraine, Russia will lose much more than it will have gained. It will have provided justification for those who in the rest of Europe,...

A few days after last December's Istrina event, The Malta Independent's editorial (December 30, 2025) stated unequivocally: "Take politicians out of L-Istrina". The Editor argued that L-Istrina...

An earth-shattering tremor hit Malta last Tuesday. It was measured at scale 10 of the politico-judicial Richter magnitude scale. This earthquake was provoked by the unlawful leakage of a confidential...

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was once a prince.  Not anymore. The man who was once second in line to the British crown no longer commands any respect from anybody.  He only elicits revulsion...