Opinion column

Rallying the troops
January 30, 2012 | No comments
Lawrence Gonzi is asking for a show of faith from the Nationalist party by asking that a ‘leadership contest’ be […]
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Turn down the volume
January 22, 2012 | 5 comments
We live in a country where being loud, even when carrying on a normal conversation, is considered perfectly normal. I […]
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How Facebook killed the media machine
January 15, 2012 | 2 comments
Once upon a time it was quite easy for political parties to harness the mainstream media and get them to […]
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If you criticise…you’re crucified
January 8, 2012 | 47 comments
I’m starting to see a certain pattern here, aren’t you? Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando went from being the PN’s darling to […]
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Victim of circumstance
December 17, 2011 | No comments
It is easy for us, from the comfort of our middle-class homes, to snigger, gasp and gossip about someone like […]
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Let’s stop fighting with each other
December 10, 2011 | 4 comments
I caught the last half of Xarabank on Friday night, and it was like time had stood still. Ever since […]
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How not to celebrate
December 4, 2011 | 7 comments
The news that a group of graduates ended up assaulting the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences was to say […]
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Must try harder
November 27, 2011 | 2 comments
If the Labour Party were a student, its report card at the end of this semester would probably read, “must […]
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Has the PN changed tack just in time?
November 20, 2011 | 14 comments
Did you hear that noise? That was the sound of screeching brakes as the Partit Nazzjonalista halted in its tracks […]
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Political pressure on the independent media
November 4, 2011 | 3 comments
Several people have asked me what I think about the contents of the now infamous emails between Sabrina Agius and […]
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