Peace (and not Pesco) on Earth to men of goodwill
Sunday, 24 December 2017, 07:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
Ivan Grech Mintoff
This week, our PM announced in Parliament that he has decided that Malta will opt out of PESCO - the EU's new defence and security cooperation - because "certain operations of the new entity might be...
Virgin birth
Sunday, 24 December 2017, 07:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
The Christian belief in the virgin birth of Jesus is derived from primitive myths about the virgin birth of gods and national heroes. Mercury was born of the virgin Maia; Attis of the virgin Nana;...
Opium of the People
Sunday, 24 December 2017, 07:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
Karl Marx used to say it about religion. But people who say that their roots are in Karl Marx are distributing opiates with dire consequences for our cherished Malta. What caused this to flash...
Integral faith dented
Sunday, 24 December 2017, 07:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
It has been revealed recently that St John Paul II was a visionary of the Lord Jesus and Mary who prophesied to him that Europe would be more profoundly and grievously wounded by Islam than by the...
TMID Editorial: The country with laid-back justice
Saturday, 23 December 2017, 10:21
Last update: about 10 years ago
It was Tim Sebastian who put a name to it. In his now notorious interview with Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, Mr Sebastian interjected asides to show what he had come to understand of the...
Seven weeks since Daphne’s funeral – Justice and Peace
Saturday, 23 December 2017, 10:17
Last update: about 10 years ago
Vicki Ann Cremona
In the gardens of the Hotel des Invalides, in Paris, there is a statue that is not beautiful, but very poignant. It is not meant to be beautiful. It is meant to shock, to make the viewer reflect on...
Tax harmonization – a panacea or anathema for us
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 13:33
Last update: about 10 years ago
George M Mangion
Tax harmonization is not a subject to be taken lightly and during the festive season one can be excused for shying away from discussing this sensitive issue; yet, ever since joining the EU, our...
TMID Editorial: Majjistral Park - Votes trump the environment
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 11:32
Last update: about 10 years ago
What the Labour government and the Nationalist Opposition did on Monday was despicable. We are talking here about the way in which a Partit Demokratiku motion calling for hunting times to be...
Opinion: The rule of law à la maltaise - Kevin Aquilina
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 11:29
Last update: about 10 years ago
Kevin Aquilina
The rule of law à la maltaise is the title of a book I have just published. I consider the rule of law to be paramount to a civilised democratic society. À la maltaise(the Maltese way of...