Josanne Cassar | Opinion column

Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly

March 19, 2025 | No comments

On 7 January, just before Trump took office for his second term, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company would be getting rid of independent fact-checkers to cover Facebook and Instagram because they have become too “politically biased” and because content was being taken down “which should not have been”.

The rich get richer, and the poor voted for them

March 13, 2025 | No comments

I can see a lot of similarities between what Trump is doing and the way the Muscat administration acted the minute it came into office.

Gallows humour, cancel culture, woke-ism and the right to object to it all

March 6, 2025 | No comments

I am not going to get into the content of Bajd u Bejkin and their type of humour. I’ve already written about them before and will say it again: their style is a matter of taste and you can take it or leave it.

How come Labour is still leading in the polls?

February 26, 2025 | No comments

In a country which is rife with scandals and corruption all across the board, and over-run with construction which has ruined our urban and rural landscape, you would think that the administration of the day would be suffering at the polls.

Can we please stop calling criticism “hate speech”?

February 19, 2025 | No comments

Granted, it is rather frivolous to be speaking about Malta’s Eurovision entry when there are so many real problems around us, yet everywhere you go, the subject inevitably turns to “Kant”, in all its double entendres.

And…in other news

February 13, 2025 | No comments

Well, the horrid orange man in the White House is doing what many of us predicted he would do – causing mayhem and making potentially dangerous decisions at every turn, starting with every executive order he has signed. So, nothing new there.

No one enjoys getting older – but it’s better than the alternative

February 5, 2025 | No comments

The theme of women and the hard time many of them have with ageing is explored in the much-acclaimed film The Substance, which has just been nominated for five Academy awards.

Married …with children?

January 29, 2025 | No comments

The study by Prof Anna Borg and Prof Liberato Camilleri, commissioned by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) which explored the issues surrounding work-life balance, came out with a number of recommendations.

A grim start to the new year

January 12, 2025 | No comments

It has been a grim start to this new year.

Oh Ridley, what have you done?

December 29, 2024 | No comments

When director Ridley Scott was being interviewed about Gladiator II, he praised Malta’s architecture, but added the damning comment: “I wouldn’t advise going there on holiday.”