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In #BangsaMalaysia, #KitaJagaKita
#BangsaMalaysia can only be built based on shared values. Maybe first among those should be: we take care of one another.
I am an addict
Columnist Nathaniel Tan speaks of the dangers of being addicted to computer gaming
Bangsa Malaysia: Worth fighting for
Abim has sounded the rallying call. Will we answer?
Of ‘grand coalitions’ and the One Ring
“Fruitless did I call the victory of the Last Alliance? Not wholly so, yet it did not achieve its end. Sauron was diminished, but not destroyed. His Ring was lost but not unmade. The Dark Tower was broken, but its foundations were not removed; for they were made with the power of the Ring, and while it remains they will endure.” -- Elrond, The Fellowship of The Ring
Gravity 2020
What is the new centre of gravity that will emerge from our growing vacuums?
Partisan gravity
I AM really lucky to have a wife that understands me, and is so frequently patient and forgiving of my considerable list of trying quirks – even at great cost to herself. No two people fit perfectly, but some people are lucky to fit pretty well.
Institutional resilience: A tale of America and Malaysia
The writer compares some key institutional characteristics of American and Malaysian democracy, and the … Deep State?!!
The truth fights back
It may still be a post-truth, propaganda-soaked world, but Malaysia should learn from the Trump example that this can carry you only so far.
America self-corrects, when will we?
JOE BIDEN, president-elect of the United States, said this in his victory speech:
The perils of polarisation
MY original intent for this week’s column was to write about how the whole of Malaysia now needs to focus on helping Sabah.
Of Soter Fernandez, papal conclaves, and leadership
YESTERDAY, we marked the sad passing of His Eminence Anthony Soter Cardinal Fernandez, Malaysia’s very first Cardinal.
Lock politicians down until they compromise and agree
Given the political stalemate, perhaps we should think outside the box when it comes to government – or eschew the box completely.