FIRSTLY, let’s congratulate the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) candidates who bagged straight As for their subjects, because this has been a difficult examination with so many uncertainties and disruptions.

It’s so easy to pull the trigger on despatching ‘news’, but what if fact meets fiction?

In the little time available for change, we must discard preference and embrace logic.

IT has been a pretty depressing few weeks for me. I lost a former schoolmate and friend to Covid-19. Two former colleagues from The Star also succumbed to the dreadful virus.

HAVING lasted 70 years, there’s every chance Israel will continue with its institutionalised violence against Palestinians, yet the United States continues to look the other way.

but we can’t hide. A lethal enemy still prowls to pounce on our casual ways.

Petty thieves no longer look like dishevelled degenerates. The higher stakes game now finds outlaws in suits, ties and cool cars.

Just when another education institution’s days seemed numbered, the voice of reason fortuitously prevailed.

Can we all be trusted to play it safe? That’s the question.

SINGAPORE Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat dropped a bombshell when he announced his decision to step down as the leading fourth generation leader.

THE legend of Admiral Zheng He (more commonly known as Cheng Ho to most Malaysians) has always fascinated me, being a history student with Peranakan roots in Penang.

HARDLY a week goes by without a titled person – usually a Datuk or a Datuk Seri – landing in hot water.