The death of Dom Mintoff was followed, as expected, by a flurry of contrasting emotions. I see nothing wrong in that. Mintoff was a controversial personality and it is very natural that you would find both pro and con comments. There was, though, a...

Many nasty things are written about journalists though we are a much more decent lot than, for example, lawyers! The world famous drama writer, Henrik Ibsen, once wrote that "it is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their...

I was not planning to return to the disappointingly sad statement released by the Cana Movement as a follow up to the pastoral letter of our Bishops on IVF. I changed plans when I noticed that the two main points I mentioned in my original blog -...

A few minutes after the Cana Movement – or whoever – released its press release about IVF a very good friend of mine sent me an email to tell me how hurt he was by the statement. He is just older than me. He is a very good Catholic who is still very...

The interview in The Times and timesofmalta.com with Josianne Brignone the widow of Charles who was killed by a boat propeller on Sunday is inspiring and uplifting. It is one of the best reads our papers gave us for quite some time. The context, the...

In my blog of July 8, I discussed some beautiful and some not so beautiful things in life. I would like today share some thoughts and anecdotes about another very beautiful dimension of out earthly existence. The torpor induced by the close to...

In my today commentary in The Sunday Times (Can the political class be saved? http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120729/opinion/Can-the-political-class-be-saved-.430536 ) I commented on the sorry state that our political class is in. As...

The Indian sage, Baba Meher, is associated with the phrase “Don’t’ worry, be happy.” But the phrase most probably became so popular thanks to the 1988 song by musician Bobby McFerrin, who was inspired by a card carrying Meher’s slogan. The a...

Child abuse is considered to be despicable. The prominent media coverage given to such crimes, the public outcry, the preventive training given provided in schools, the particular attention of parents etc. are clear signs that abuse is taken...

There are heat waves and heat waves. Those produced by mother nature and those produced by humans. It is true that they are different one from the other; but they are also similar. Both tend to be cyclical and temporary. They surface from time to...