Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

A one-man civic education campaign

August 21, 2023 | No comments

I have been following Arnold Cassola’s posts for a long time; he has always been relentless in his watchdog approach to calling out what is wrong with the country, whether it is political scandals and corrupt practices, to more mundane topics.

A disgruntled nation and a smug administration

August 14, 2023 | No comments

In trying to come up with a way to describe the current public mood, I started off with “angry”. Yes, many people are very angry at the state of the nation and it is palpable.

Over-population and the dangers of quoting unreliable sources

August 8, 2023 | No comments

Over the last few weeks, every time someone mentioned over-population I kept seeing the same bizarre numbers being thrown around:

If this is not a wake up call, I don’t know what is

August 1, 2023 | No comments

If you have been following global events, it is clear that climate change is real and blistering heatwaves caused by global warming are here to stay.

Heatwaves, an overloaded electricity grid and power cuts: Is this the new abnormal?

July 24, 2023 | No comments

When you are slumped in sweltering heat inside your own home during a power cut in what is described as “38 degrees but feels like 42” but actually feels like an inferno, you tend to care very little about why or how you have no electricity. You just want it back on, NOW.

When a Prime Minister fails to “read the room”

July 17, 2023 | No comments

A grieving mother is asking for a public inquiry to be held about the tragic death of her son at a construction site.

The poverty debate: defining what makes one poor

July 11, 2023 | No comments

This column first appeared on Malta Today When it comes to the issue of poverty, the two main parties have […]

Understanding the Love Island Malta phenomenon

July 4, 2023 | No comments

Right upfront I am going to start with a disclaimer: I didn’t watch a single episode of Love Island Malta.

Titan tragedy: Why the schadenfreude just because they were billionaires?

June 27, 2023 | No comments

t is not always easy to understand (or agree with) how the public reacts to certain news.

A week of weirdness

June 20, 2023 | No comments

Sometimes a week comes along when everything you see online just makes you say, huh?