A lot, it seems, as some people simply get off on spinning giant controversies from innocuous things.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could peek inside the head of some of the more mind-boggling lawmakers?

If this Merdeka is to have any meaning at all, we need to free our minds from the same old formulas.

We can only grow and come up with better solutions when we decide that we need to rethink everything that we know.

IN the alternate universe that some of our leaders inhabit, a new dictionary is being invented. It takes words that are normally understood by most people to mean something and gives them new meanings indeed. The most famous – some might say “infamous” – is of course the word ‘soon’.

Actions that do not make sense at first can still work if they are based on logic, not politics.

Malaysia has had an 'astonishing fall' of 18 places in the World Press Freedom Index 2021 to the 199th spot.

While we can, and should, empathise with Asian-Americans facing racist violence in the United States, we should also reflect on our own attitudes at home.

The pandemic this past year has exposed deep inequalities in our society. And those who have to settle for the crumbs might not be so forgiving.

FOR some weeks now I have felt a quickening of the heartbeat and an electric pulse that goes up my arms through my nerves as if someone attached me to a power plug and left the switch on. It is literally unnerving because for the longest time I didn’t know why I was feeling like this, and no amount of controlled breathing could calm it.

We need innovative measures to address Covid-19 impacts on women and children if we are to get back on our feet quickly once this pandemic is over.

THEY weren’t kidding when they said when it rains it pours. Except that there was nothing pouring out of our taps but grief.