Victor Calleja
Setting free the bunnies
Is it just me who's intrigued by some law reports? Recently someone was arraigned and convicted of stealing 20 rabbits. After rapping the bunny thief, the magistrate commended him for cooperating with the police Some inane thoughts gripped me while...
Bigotry and insensitivity
Let's get to the hot potato of the day. No it's not Franco Debono—can he enter the history books please? Not as in "historical" but forgotten as in a bad dream? The hot potato is IVF. Don't worry I don't intend delving into the mechanics or...
I am Brad Pitt’s double
That the PN is tired and needs a short rest might be more than obvious. We all feel it and see it. They sound more like a cackling of cock-fighting cliques all out to out-pique their own sort. Labour is our hope. Yes it is. For sure. Definitely. I...
Global warning
Some days ago we had one of those torrid days when the heat was really on and we all sweltered. A young friend of mine told me he couldn’t go to work. I thought he might be ill but no, the office, he pointed out, lacked proper air-conditioning so he...
Punch and Judy show revived
I was recently stopped by someone in the street who told me he knew me from my rantings on the Times and asked me to pass on a message. He asked me ‘If this is politics what is Punch and Judy?’ I wonder whether he has ever seen the hand puppetry in...
Comment is free - but check your facts first
I try hard to keep off commenting or answering comments on my blog. Maybe I’m daft and maybe I am missing a golden opportunity to do what a blogger should be there to do—engage with the readers. Maybe I’m too old for this new stuff and need to get...
They call it ennui. We call it politics.
The French—those silly sods whose greatest gift to us were the fries—call it, I think, ennui. The silly season approaches in vehement mood and our silliness and crass stupidity makes us all crave for better times and less egocentric politicos. Yes...
Thank God it's not Christmas
While doing my dreaded driving I had Gaga on to drive me nuttier. No, not the woman singer but a local radio station which spews out such inane stuff I'm just hooked to it. Yes I know it's mad but ask anyone who smokes whether cigarettes are good...
Open letter and plea to our dear, dear President
That this state of affairs cannot go on in our parliament is more than pettily obvious. JPOS and Franco Debono have now made it blatantly clear that they do not, and will not, support the PN any more and they could therefore vote against Government...
Speak up or lump the soup
Remember Wimpy? Anyone my age will surely remember the precursor of fast food drivel. We all loved it and our waistline never recovered from the fries and double whammies. Anyway this has nothing to do with the quickie-in-food concept. I thought of...