* The swine flu virus has hit the island and the daily reports of new cases have led the quickfire comment crowd to increase the signs of alarum. The latest cases were reported at a village festa in the tiny Gozitan village of Gharb. The general cannons and guns are now pointed on the…

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*** Well silly me if for thinking that the subject would not be interesting to some. I forgot the Golden Rule – no, not brevity is a form of wit – but shit and gossip sells. A reader got inspired by the latest repartees on married vs single life and sent me a link to…

This article and accompanying Bertoon appear in today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. It’s been fourty years (in fifteen days’ time to be exact) since we put a man on the moon. Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind on the 20th of July 1969. At that time the phrase “global village”…

              Having trouble dealing with “the people”? An ungrateful electorate has just given you a right royal whupping at the polls? Is your electorate in need of a timely distraction? No plans and nowhere to go? Having trouble roping in your colleagues in cabinet? Has every news topic been…

  Nobel prize winner Dario Fo has suffered a temporary setback while touring with his latest show entitled “Giotto o non Giotto?”. During this show Fo queries whether the famous painter Giotto is actually the person to have painted the famous affreschi in the Assisi basilica. According to Fo the painter was too young to…