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Secular morality: Promises and people

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 08:43 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

There is always the temptation to condense specialised knowledge and impart it to a non-specialised audience. The temptation is fuelled by the idea that spreading knowledge - even in a "coarse"...

Of robots and rights

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 08:41 Last update: about 9 years ago

In the midst of the blockchain frenzy that has currently taken hold of Malta's business community, Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat has announced that Malta will now turn its focus on to the regulation...

Pope Francis’ most memorable quotes

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 08:09 Last update: about 9 years ago

The legacy of Pope Francis is also detected in his most memorable quotes: here are some of them. Just three days after becoming Pope, Francis summarised the beginning of his pontificate during an...

The truth will set us free

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 08:06 Last update: about 9 years ago

With reference to the letter 'Questionable credibility', I am not capable of commenting in a terse penetrating way like Guillaumier's so I will reply in the shortest way possible to ensure publication...

Budget 2019, our road to the future

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 08:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

The Labour Government, that some said was doomed for a bailout, has this week presented its seventh budget, the third yielding a surplus and the second with no new taxes. It is important to look...

A pantheon of saints

Sunday, 28 October 2018, 07:41 Last update: about 9 years ago

As Christians commemorate All Saints Day, we are reminded that the Church has patron saints for everything, just as ancient Rome had gods for everything. The ancient Greeks had a pantheon of gods,...

All That glitters is not gold

Friday, 23 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I would like to start this article by thanking my colleague Leo Brincat MP for his opinion piece, Talking of an election mode (TMID, 6 March)...

The Good life

Thursday, 22 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Something funny’s going on. Despite having the lowest rate of participation by women in the workforce, in the whole of the European Union, we also have a birth rate that’s lower than the EU average. ...

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