A couple of people asked me why I wasn’t at the St Julian’s demonstration for Charlie Hebdo. The primary reason is that I was running a fever and unable to leave the house. But I...

A segment of our political class needs to get its act in order. Enough playing around.  We need to see them walk the talk and not tap-dance politics, especially when the issue at hand is so...

Speaking about a successful terrorist attack in Paris may sound as a misnomer after last Sunday's grand march in Paris. Talking of a successful terrorist attack may appear as a public insult after 17...

The ministers’ remuneration package in the previous legislature was grossly mishandled and sternly criticised. Dr Joseph Muscat, then Leader of the Opposition, used the issue to gain more wind...

My world is very small. It's very small because for most of my life I did not ' have a room of one's own'. No room, no space. So, at this time last week I had never heard of...

Simon Busuttil's decision to overhaul his shadow cabinet did not come as a surprise. The signs were there for all to see. It was clear, from the way the Opposition Leader was speaking and reacting to...

I write weighed down with emotions, captivated by the attack on the journalists of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in France. A tragedy that is unfolding as I scribble some thoughts. It is...

As has become customary on our islands, the last few weeks of last year were  dedicated to accommodate the culmination of charity raising endeavours. Never in my entire life have I...

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be one of the guest speakers at a Maritime Conference organized by the School of History at University College Cork. To my surprise, one of the speakers...

I really cannot understand our Prime Minister. On the one hand he pushes to sell our Maltese identity to people with money to spend through the infamous citizenship scheme that led to so much...