The hunting minority
One of my very strong believes is that individual rights should never be subjected to a public vote because no matter how big, a majority should never be given the power to deprive minorities of their...
View ArticleCruel or Cool?
During this time of year I usually write my usual rant about animal circuses visiting Malta, but this year I’m hopeful that the battle will be won soon enough and that it will be the last year that...
View ArticleNot smelling the coffee
I’ve been wanting to write this ever since the Auxiliary Bishop came out with his pathetic ‘advice’ to Catholic politicians were he told them that they have a moral obligation to vote against the Civil...
View ArticleNot for girls
As a child I attended what was essentially a boys’ primary school. It was then known as Stella Maris (Balzan), and though it wasn’t yet official, the school was essentially St. Aloysius College’s...
View ArticleMarketing 101
There’s no such thing as bad publicity, goes the myth, but of course we all know that there’s publicity that is so terrible that it can destroy a brand or a person in one quick swoosh. For someone...
View ArticleWords as weapons
Sometimes life takes over and it whooshes me up into a conundrum of very unimportant stuff like politics with a little ‘p’. Every so often I give into my propensity to over analyze the trivial stuff...
View ArticleWe’re all citizens…of the world
I’m a firm believer that no one can ever take an iota of credit for having been born in Malta, or anywhere else in the world for that matter. Nobody can pat themselves on the back for having had the...
View ArticleGrin and bear It
Up to a couple of years ago, had anyone told me that I would one day take part in the Malta Marathon I would have rolled over on the floor and laughed my kidneys off. You see, whilst I’m entirely...
View ArticlePoverty is expensive
Every time I’m in some European city I cringe at the sight of homeless people begging in the streets. As I reach down into my pockets to appease my guilt, I thank heavens that I don’t have to face any...
View ArticleThis got my goat!
Coleiro-Preca for President Love her or hate her, in the last general election Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca won the highest number of Labour votes after Joseph Muscat. In addition, she’s been...
View ArticleWhy?
It’s no secret that during the last general elections I came very close to voting PL but ultimately voted AD. Before that I always voted for PN, and hand on heart there’s no telling whom I’ll vote...
View ArticleIVF EXPERIENCES
Couple A: The husband recounting their experience We are a married couple who have been faced with the issue of infertility. In the last six months we’ve done two IVF (ICSI) procedures in a...
View ArticleLove me, wonky bits and all…
Mario Borg (36) is handsome, energetic and strong. He’s soft spoken, well groomed and his eyes are full of kindness. I meet Mario at the Inspire Fitness Centre in Marsascala. I watch him as he...
View ArticleBrazil Revisited by Lawrence Gonzi
What Lawrence Gonzi had to say about gay adoptions before the generel elections 2013.
View ArticleWords are not just sounds
Whilst we never use the term ‘boys’ to refer to grown men, no one bats an eyelid when grown women are referred to as ‘girls’. The above video produced by Men Against Violence (L-Irgiel Kontra...
View ArticleThe Secret Sexist
My neighbours have a habit of congregating outside their doors and having long-winded chitchats about their lives. Now I know that this is quite a tradition in Malta, and I would probably find it...
View ArticleChallenged to make ends meet
When I first heard of Steve Hili’s 121 Challenge I didn’t think much of it. I thought it was another one of Steve Hili’s jokes and fobbed it off with the rest of the useless stuff I see on Facebook....
View ArticleBody over mind
As ridiculous as I think that today’s day of silence is, in a way I’m thankful that I can write about something that’s closer to my heart than politics, politicians and all their antics, will ever be....
View ArticleWomen on top
Some people have interpreted the success of the female candidates in the last MEP elections as a sign that ‘women can do it for themselves’. Fellow blogger and friend Ramona Depares for instance...
View ArticleThe truth and nothing but….
The whole ‘taking an oath’ process has always fascinated me. The sheer assumption that people are Catholic and that they would think twice about taking a false oath in front of a crucifix or a Bible,...
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