It’s 2009 and the students at the University of Malta have caught the progressive flu. In a move that is definitely intended to mimick the more progressive politicians (read twisted ideas of cool and trendy) a new organisation was launched on campus. While you could be forgiven for thinking that the name Pulse was so…

L-impjegati funzjonarji tal-kumpanija nazzjonali tal-energija irrabjati. Ghandhom ghad-deputati parlamentari li ghogobhom izannznu abbozz ta’ ligi sabiex il-kumpanija li jahdmu maghha tigi ipprivatizzata u tinqasam f’kumpanija ghal kull belt kbira – jigifieri Lussemburgu u Esch-sur-Alzette. Il-haddiema dlonk ghollew lehenhom kontra il-mishut mostru “privatizzazzjoni” u t-tfal tieghu “incertezzi tas-suq” u “nuqqas ta’ permanenza” kif ukoll il-bastardi tieghu…

There is a rude Maltese expression that I doubt has a long historic pedigree but which has become part of popular usage. It involves a zoological appreciation of the natural impossibility that would be cross-breeding a pachyderm and a member of the gryllidae family using nothing more than a great deal of patience and a…

This article and accompanying Bertoon are published in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. There are days when no matter how much I try, I fail to find a topic that will serve to meld together the little fragments of information of the past week. In such cases I tend to roll my…

The new law intended to regulate gambling is currently being debated in parliament. J’accuse has often taken a stand criticising the hypocritical policy approach towards gambling taken by government. On the one hand it attempts to attract the investment of internet gaming companies (and ancillary revenues) and on the other it stands on the moral…

The Hollywood film is quite crap (just stick to the trailer – all the good jokes are there). It’s about a car salesman who would sell the devil his own trident. I am sure that in Malta we could boast many of these but I have rarely come across a funnier advert than this one.…