THE SUNDAY TIMES: The great crisis
From my article in The Sunday Times today: "Daphne could only be killed once. We who remain alive must continue to breathe the poison of impunity. Impunity. Immunity. The privilege that Muscat claims, and Robert Abela – ever his faithful attorney – argues for, which allows a former prime minister suspected of laundering proceeds of [...]
VLOG: The ailment of the Maltese
https://youtu.be/ivYdWSo3GQo
VLOG: Unconcealed confession
https://youtu.be/FSorujqGVq4
(UPDATED:) THE SUNDAY TIMES: The Maltese mafia is here
If you prefer to watch the video: https://youtu.be/MXUYk9H2y0o From my article in The Sunday Times today: "There are three questions that must precede the inquiry whether Malta is a mafia state. Is the mafia real? Does the phenomenon exist in Malta? Has it infiltrated the Maltese State? Here’s why the answers are yes, yes [...]
Truth and Justice: Vicki Ann Cremona
https://youtu.be/BPaE_F-d2Qg?si=mH27Oc5ZIcml96lV
Truth and Justice: Caoilfhionn Gallagher
https://youtu.be/4O1FQyeUnKI?si=yl6g4E1d10XEmiGP
Truth and Justice: Colm Regan
https://youtu.be/u8EN3gToGeE?si=1EaGX2006OrUNDtV
Truth and Justice: Martina Farrugia
https://youtu.be/OEdvpn4HsJ4?si=z0eAFanRsbOk2Vt9
Truth and Justice: Alessandra Dee Crespo
https://youtu.be/RV5D3Q8rQ20?si=DivA799rZwek258c
VLOG: The Fourth Pillar
https://youtu.be/xM7qTDCUrRs
MONEY MAGAZINE: Before the next economic model
My article in this month's Money Magazine. It is almost dogmatic to say that politics cannot do much about the economy. Since the neo-con days of the 1980s, the generally accepted maxim is that the less politicians do, the better the economy is likely to fare. As the phrase “new economic model” is dropped ever [...]
THE SUNDAY TIMES: The president’s diary
From my article in The Sunday Times this week: "George Vella couldn’t preside over a conversation that would examine the very values that brought him to that presidency. Not even if he wanted to. If he did want to, he would still have needed the willing participation of ministers, of political leaders, of leaders of [...]
VLOG: Eat and vote
https://youtu.be/r3NIaPEy_zA?si=6ftMYLIE-gTDw3Lp
Political interference
I disliked the news that the new company that took over Air Malta’s business removed the requirement that cabin crew must speak Maltese, although my reasons may be a bit different from the ones you’ve heard. I also thought the airline’s response that they didn’t need to speak Maltese because 80% of their passengers would [...]
THE SUNDAY TIMES: The infallible chastiser
From my article in The Sunday Times today: "An €800 slip-up is not the end of the world or a resignation matter, especially if Abela was prepared to blame a staffer, as he did in any case. The refusal to apologise for a self-evident error and breach of rules, however, is profoundly worrying. It shows [...]
VLOG: Who’s the populist?
https://youtu.be/-QHrsFMqdXM
VLOG: Lest you forget
https://youtu.be/2aAI1OUD9hg
Blowing off the whistle-blower
Whistle-blowers are everything we’re programmed to dislike. They are close to something wrong, maybe even part of it. The chemist who exposed the cigarette makers for putting addictive poison in their products, was a chemist who had put addictive poison in cigarettes. Every day before whistle-blowers decided to blow the whistle was a day when [...]