That 'too much pessimism reinforces negative expectations' is well accepted and easily understood. This can be noticed in our daily lives, both personal as well as through the actions of those close...

In the last few years,we have witnessed the perception and image of the political class across Europe and the English-speaking world crumblingin the eyes of their respective electorates. After...

The recent Nationalist Party policy document, ‘An Economy for the People’, speaks about a “new mind-set in construction and property development”, which, in my opinion, is what...

The President’s encyclical address on Republic Day was disappointing in the sense that she chose to adulterate an otherwise excellent speech with one of her thrusts on the highly controversial...

One of the most notable features of our culture is to complain, criticize and find faults ad nauseum. Some complaints are justified and are a means of feeling the pulse of the people and address...

The Leader of the Opposition seems to believe that the only way he can save his political skin is by imitating Dr Eddie Fenech Adami’s tactics of the 1980s. Back then, the slogan was...

The populist French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is closer to gaining power in France after last week's polls showed that she is very likely to reach at least a second round of voting this spring in...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity then embrace.   This...

On Saturday 28 January, the Church celebrated the feast of the Doctor Communis, namely Saint Thomas Aquinas. Given that in the Catechism Aquinas is cited 61...

The government’s much-vaunted transparency could not be clearer than as presented this week. When the government, with some bravado and the usual spin, released the documents relating to...