There is, if I remember well, a popular Ray LaMontagne song that says something like the title above. Flowers are, after all, used by humans to convey messages of love, sadness and as a means of paying tribute. ...

From Dr J. MuscatYour leader “Taking the Oil Bull by the Horns” of 5 October is a classic example of looking at today’s problems and substantially ignoring why we are in the mess we are in now. ...

When earlier this year the government announced that it was paving the way for the liberalisation of the hearses market, which forms part of the public transport sector, the Public Transport Federation went into a frenzy. ...

I quote, “I think I have explained my point clearly and it is not my intention to waste this space by repeating the same arguments”. That is fine by me, but why shift the goal posts, Mr DeMartino (TMID, 8 October)? ...

It looks as if the world is happy with arthritis and rheumatism and sciatica. These seem to have become as common as anything lately. ...

Last year I wrote a letter, Family budget: not for childless couples (TMID, 31 October, 2007). This year I decided to resurrect it, with the difference that this time I am writing before the budget speech is delivered....

When the NSO published GDP statistics relative to the second quarter (April to June) of this year, my attention was drawn to a peculiarity. Out of the blue consumption increased...

Ever since Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi was elected, the two successive Nationalist governments he has headed have preached the virtues of consultation and discussion...

According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, paradox is “a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded”. Paradox becomes powerful ...

Walk outside the European Parliament building in Brussels on a standard Monday of what is known as ‘Strasbourg week’ and you will see a mass exodus of MEPs, their assistants and other EP staff, ...