Category: Library
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Political prestidigitation
So they set up a Foundation to organise national festivities. So far so normal. This is after all the Malta of Saints and Fireworks where every raħal worth its globigerina limestone has at least one Kumitat tal-Festi. This is the country of the xalati and illum il-festa tagħna so the setting up of a Kumitat tal-Festi Tagħna Lkoll was just waiting…
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The nonsense of politics
When the party in government fails to notice that it is actually in government after more than hundred days that it has been warming the seat of power then what you have is a bomb that is ticking away waiting to explode. While the nationalist party’s Rapport tat-telfa (Election defeat report) was published last week, the future…
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Valletta per noi
I only started using the Sliema – Valletta ferry after I had moved to Luxembourg for work. When I still lived in Malta the ferry was something that only tourists did. They had time. They could afford to take in the splendid views of Marsamxett. Not for me the dilly-dallying. My commute to the city…
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Minority reports
If it is up to the victors to write history then the losers are busy writing reports. That is just what the PN has just finished doing and it has published an executive summary of this analysis of the 2013 election result. Chaired by the papabile Anne Fenech the committee produced a litany of reasons…
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Rossini
Dan l-aħħar innutajt li “tal-liġi” reġgħu qed itellgħu bosta statuses dwar l-eżamijiet. Ma tantx tgħid “O żmien ħlejju” x’ħin tiftakar l-istress u t-tensjoni dwar x’ħiereġ għall-eżami jew kemm jiflaħ il-moħħ uman jiddiġerixxi informazzjoni u jikklassifikah. L-impossibilta tal-isfida tittaffa biss b’markinġenji varji li suppositament jgħinu biex issalva sal-eżami li jmiss. Bejn bott nutella, litru kafe u…
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The Emperor’s Purse
Much like what happened in the case of his new clothes, the emperor’s purse and his dealings with it tend to be talked about in a very circumstantial manner. The norm is either that of criticising the corrupt wastage or applauding some genius plan – much depends on which side one’s bread is buttered. There…