The watchdogs that didn’t bark
If the FATF had any doubts about the need
Ranier Fsadni
June 27, 2021 05:20
Glenn Bedingfield eyes the truth
On 16 June, Glenn Bedingfield gave a speech in
Ranier Fsadni
June 20, 2021 07:27
The secrecy and the formula
Call it extra-sensory empathy or (if you really must)
Ranier Fsadni
June 13, 2021 06:00
A paradoxical state of the nation
There is a paradox about the conclusion of Friday’s
Ranier Fsadni
June 6, 2021 07:31
Our planners’ outdated idea of modernity
Martin Saliba, the Planning Authority’s executive chairman, has attracted
Ranier Fsadni
May 30, 2021 07:31
A squared circle of criminals
How do you break a circle of criminality, especially
Ranier Fsadni
May 23, 2021 07:07
Security and garden dwarfs
As the economy re-opens, and a general election looms
Ranier Fsadni
May 16, 2021 07:55
The Costanza defence
Anglu Farrugia: serial verbicidal maniac or humanity’s last hope
Ranier Fsadni
May 9, 2021 07:09
The workers’ heckler
Watching Robert Abela give his May Day address yesterday
Ranier Fsadni
May 1, 2021 18:30
An economy of authentic fakes
It’s easy to think that the Passport Papers are
Ranier Fsadni
April 25, 2021 08:16
Founding fathers and anxious midwives
Some national Constitutions have confident Founding Fathers, who produce
Ranier Fsadni
April 18, 2021 07:33
Civil society out on bail 
If you want to understand why 79 non-governmental organisations
Ranier Fsadni
April 11, 2021 06:20
Singin’ in the drain 
Anything too stupid to say must be sung. Voltaire,
Ranier Fsadni
April 3, 2021 18:21
Silence of the clams
The courtroom dramas of this past week have torn
Ranier Fsadni
March 27, 2021 19:48
The broken spell 
Yesterday’s arraignments were not a day of triumph for
Ranier Fsadni
March 21, 2021 07:28
It’s not enough to ridicule absurdities
Some things are so absurd that they manage to
Ranier Fsadni
March 14, 2021 07:16
Dodger’s gone, Dodge City remains
Babylon had Hammurabi. Judaism had Moses. Classical Athens had
Ranier Fsadni
March 7, 2021 06:57
For a future that guarantees the past
The President’s conference on national unity yesterday was held
Ranier Fsadni
February 28, 2021 08:37
Patriotism and character
The other day, as I was listening to the
Ranier Fsadni
February 21, 2021 07:51
The hitchhiker’s guide to conspiracy theories
Even a brief guide to conspiracy theories must acknowledge
Ranier Fsadni
February 13, 2021 18:26
Not in the public interest
Elsewhere, he’d be a public broadcaster’s worst nightmare. Here,
Ranier Fsadni
February 7, 2021 05:40
Robert Abela waves the rules
Robert Abela’s place in history was already secure. Here,
Ranier Fsadni
January 31, 2021 07:46
Killed for chasing the truth
A social media effort is afoot, spontaneous or orchestrated,
Ranier Fsadni
January 24, 2021 07:46
The first sign of corruption
Georges Bernanos (1888-1948): ‘The first sign of corruption in
Ranier Fsadni
January 17, 2021 07:46
The politics of anger 
Maybe Aristotle was the first philosopher to say that,
Ranier Fsadni
January 10, 2021 09:50
Politics when facts don’t matter 
Voters don’t use identical benchmarks when judging prime ministers
Ranier Fsadni
January 3, 2021 06:43
Keith Schembri’s phone: a hypothesis
It’s the season to be jolly and put cynicism
Ranier Fsadni
December 27, 2020 06:11
Judges in the dock 
It was the Roman satirist Juvenal who asked, Who
Ranier Fsadni
December 20, 2020 07:39
The cabal matters, not the ‘Kitchen Cabinet’
Ten years ago, our public discourse was exercised by
Ranier Fsadni
December 13, 2020 07:38
The emperor’s new watch
Joseph Muscat turned up before the Daphne Caruana Galizia
Ranier Fsadni
December 6, 2020 08:46

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