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3 min read 2020-09-06 12:16:56

Exit Poirot, enter Lt Columbo

The public inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia has entered a phase where many are both exhausted and fascinated by the

3 min read 2020-06-07 11:08:32

Robert Abela has hyped up tomorrow’s mini-budget. He’s said it will have unprecedented incentives and giveaways. Is there a general election

3 min read 2020-05-10 12:27:39

Joseph Muscat’s supporters and critics are at it again. This time, though, it’s the critics who are hyping him up, the supporters downplaying his

3 min read 2020-05-03 11:42:07

Is it legal, the way that Malta is treating irregular migrants crossing from Libya? Strangely, this question is a distraction. It prevents us from

3 min read 2020-04-19 12:57:14

Patriotism – wrote Mark Twain in a serious mood – is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Today, many

3 min read 2020-04-12 11:46:48

A memo to readers who, upon reading of Keith Schembri’s fake newspaper, began to exclaim in tongues: It’s not Pentecost, yet. Today is Easter

3 min read 2020-04-05 10:36:04

In last week’s Sunday Times, an op-ed by Robert Abela described this period as a time that’s defining us, prodding us ‘to come together in our

3 min read 2020-03-01 12:34:02

In the public inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the former and current officials of the Office of the Prime Minister have

3 min read 2020-02-16 12:30:42

Imagine this. A general election is called tomorrow for 21 March. Another massive Labour victory is what everyone expects. But why? One reason: the

3 min read 2020-02-02 13:22:55

Consider these two extraordinary cases. A minister does the right thing and terminates a corrupt contract; but when journalists ask why she did it,