Opinion column

We’ve created a monster..is there any way to tame it?
May 2, 2025 | 0 Comments
This week an old Jeremy Paxman interview came up on my feed of David Bowie speaking about the impact of […]
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Advocating for convicted murderers is a double blow for victims’ families
April 21, 2025 | 0 Comments
There are those who regularly advocate for prison reform so that even the most hardened criminals are treated “better”.
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Immigrants working here illegally are punished, but what about those who employ them?
April 17, 2025 | 0 Comments
Last weekend, 35 people were arrested who were found to be living and working in Malta illegally, following inspections which are being carried out on a regular basis.
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It seems like the joke’s on us
April 9, 2025 | 0 Comments
An April Fools’ Day prank by the University of Malta caused quite a stir when this announcement appeared on its Facebook page on Tuesday morning:
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Money for licences, falling balconies and fake IDs
April 4, 2025 | 0 Comments
I’m invariably impressed by how much cash this administration seems to have in its back pockets to throw around.
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If we’ve never had it so good…how come Maltese people are unhappy?
March 26, 2025 | 0 Comments
When there is a lot of moaning and groaning among the populace we are often chided that “we’ve never had it so good”.
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Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly
March 19, 2025 | 0 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”.
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The rich get richer, and the poor voted for them
March 13, 2025 | 0 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.
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Gallows humour, cancel culture, woke-ism and the right to object to it all
March 6, 2025 | 0 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.
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How come Labour is still leading in the polls?
February 26, 2025 | 0 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.
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