What do confetti at weddings, clowns at circuses, promises during election campaigns, and suspended sentences in Malta, have in common? I know, I know...
A man has died in unusual circumstances. He was nothing less than a human being like you and me, and yet he no longer speaks, breathes, lives. His mother is heartbroken, his siblings are devastated and his friends are inconsolable. Whether he was murdered and...
Most politicians will never admit this but deep down citizens know it, and it’s the truth and nothing but the truth - the personal IS political. I shall not go into the feminist history that originally coined the now infamous phrase, but in essence what it...
Originally published on my TimesofMalta Blog where Franco Debono graced us with many of his comments...
Whenever a controversial sentence is meted out by our law courts I usually prefer not to comment before first reading the court's case transcript. Unfortunately, the transcript for the 'Amy case' was not uploaded on the court's site even after I requested it. The reason could...
After a long deep sleep in their world of four week recesses and bliss, our politicians seem to have woken up to the realisation that online and social media are going to be the most important tools in the next electoral campaign. Better late than never...
For once in my life I just to have to agree with the Bishop of Gozo who thinks that a family is a relationship between a man and a woman, who unite in marriage with the intention of having and raising children. According to Bishop Grech's...
Surprising the one you love is hard...
Last week the Times ran a story about a forty year old man who for some reason or other hasn’t worked in 18 years. Whether he doesn’t work because of physical or mental health reasons is unclear, but he has since then fathered five children -...
Lucky me, last week was all about rape and sex - two diametrically opposed, but highly related bodily acts. It all started with the court dismissing a woman's gang rape claim and this paper being first to publish it. As soon as the verdict went online,...