Postmodernist and radical feminist influences on Maltese society
Sunday, 10 December 2017, 08:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
The main institutional pillars of Maltese society are politics, education, the economy, religion and lastly the family, considered as the most basic and fundamental. The traditional family is that...
Invest in what is already working
Sunday, 10 December 2017, 07:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
Heavy investment in electric cars and their infrastructure is a laudable and promising project, yet only 180 electric cars had been registered by the third quarter of this year. There are far, far...
The Christmas way
Sunday, 10 December 2017, 07:58
Last update: about 10 years ago
I note certain people and families who are focused only on their needs and on their children. I picture them forming a closed circle and looking inwards. They work hard to satisfy their basic needs....
The post-rational man (and woman)
Sunday, 10 December 2017, 07:33
Last update: about 10 years ago
Michael Asciak
In our categorising of human political, economic and philosophical thought we often tend to use terms such as analytical and then post-analytical thought, modern and then post-modern thought. Now I...
On a cloudy rainy day
Sunday, 10 December 2017, 07:27
Last update: about 10 years ago
With the roaring of thunder and the periodic heavy downpour of rain, there I was - in my friary room - resting and preparing myself for another two busy working days at the...
TMID Editorial: Malta’s day of tax reckoning
Saturday, 9 December 2017, 10:37
Last update: about 10 years ago
Malta's generous and attractive system of corporate taxation is facing a day of reckoning on Strasburg next week as European parliamentarians are set to take a vote on a Socialist proposal to list...
TMID Editorial: Vote-16 - One age to vote and another to contest?
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:09
Last update: about 10 years ago
The 2019 European parliamentary elections are set to break new ground for Malta twice-over: the country is scheduled to undergo its first experience in electronic vote counting, and 16-year-olds will...
TMID Editorial: Infrastructure - Stick to a successful formula
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 13:54
Last update: about 10 years ago
Over the past year we have witnessed the Kappara junction project gradually take shape. Since our offices are situated in St Julian’s, most of us have seen the flyover take shape day by...
TMID Editorial: Police raids and arrests - Unfair criticism
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 14:18
Last update: about 10 years ago
Some people will always find a reason to complain, even when there is none. The criticism levelled at the Prime Minister this week after he announced that a huge police and army operation had...
Friday Wisdom: Pricing Of risk
Friday, 9 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
On Monday 26 February, most international equity markets in the world closed at near all-time or many years’ high...