Comments on: Pirates to govern Iceland

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:08:00 +0000

Fake news is what Orwell called Newspeak.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:57:00 +0000

“Who decides what is fake news?”

It’s either fake or it isn’t. Mainstream journalism is based on reporting facts, not fiction.

By: mica

mica — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 10:01:00 +0000

That is why political science and economics should be thought in secondary schools. It is fundamental that citizens have at least basic knowledge to be able to put their vote to good use.

By: Le pauvre homme

Le pauvre homme — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:11:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia.

He’s got a point though – Liberalism/PC is what let all the nutters in in the first place. And, I’m being kind when I say “nutters”.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 19:34:00 +0000

Socrates’s argument about the ship (of state) applies more properly to who should be put in charge of it, and not to who should get to select that person.

By: J Sammut

J Sammut — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 17:26:00 +0000

In Malta we have the Muscat Looting Party running around the country instead of running the country.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 08:25:00 +0000

You need to keep up. Iceland has been ultra-liberal since the Ice Age. It only came to Christianity around the 11th century and it never really took root because there were too many rules.

By: callixtus

callixtus — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 23:11:00 +0000

The world has been locked in a slow motion train wreck mode for months. And instead of going for the brake, voters are frantically pressing the accelerator.