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Presidentialism

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 08:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

At the moment, I am working on some two or three projects, amongst which is the second issue of Malta at the European Court of Human Rights. It should be out in the coming months, the first issue...

Gradually but steadily

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 08:42 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

"Little strokes fell great oaks" is a popular Norwegian saying. A difficult task, such as changing outdated ideas or overcoming challenges, can be achieved gradually, a little at a time, but...

Meditate gente meditate

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 08:37 Last update: about 10 years ago

As we have already lost a substantial part of our Maltese identity, strongly built on a religious culture dating back hundreds of years, any planned dubious legislation harmful to morals should be...

Making prayerful decisions

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 08:36 Last update: about 10 years ago

Alice Louise Waters said: "The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way." Decisions are important and it is well-nigh impossible to live without taking...

Delayed home help

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 08:35 Last update: about 10 years ago

Early in December 2016, my wife was diagnosed with brain melanoma and she is now bed ridden. We applied for home help on 29th December 2016. Up to the time of writing and after tens of telephone calls...

We are not living in a western style democracy

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

I think we are not living in a western style democracy: the workings of the FIAU were not investigated by the police who choose what to cover up and what to investigate. The media is not free (I...

TMID Editorial: PN and PD cannot merge into one party

Friday, 23 June 2017, 11:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Labour Party was not completely wrong when it labelled the Forza Nazzjonali PN-PD coalition as the ‘coalition of confusion’. Forza Nazzjonali had a noble aim: that of bringing...

Opinion: An idiot’s guide to unity - Kevin Cassar

Friday, 23 June 2017, 10:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Kevin Cassar

Step 1: First of all if you say you want to bring Unity, make sure you really mean it.  Step 2: Try and convince the whole population that you really mean it.  Roughly half the...

TMID Editorial: A French lesson in political accountability

Thursday, 22 June 2017, 10:05 Last update: about 10 years ago

The French political class and four ministers in particular this week showed what political accountability is all about. France’s justice minister, defence minister, European affairs...

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