Friday, 10 April 2026

Category: Column

May our children be all-rounders

Happiness is when you realise your children have turned out to be good people. —  Unknown I was bemused to read a story about a

Treaties, trysts and territory taking

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat. —  Sophocles, Greek playwright The Vienna Convention’s Article 2(1)(a) on the Law of Treaties defines a

A new cardinal from Malaysia?

Let us do good while we still have time, and we will render glory to our heavenly Father, sanctify ourselves, and give good example to

‘Foot-in-mouth’ epidemic

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. – Austin O’malley, ophthalmologist Shoot refugees?! In June 1979, it was

Avoiding bad publicity …

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Groucho Marx, American writer-comedian Some

You will reap what you sow

There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is

Rites of revolutionary rectitude

A good deed never goes unpunished. — Gore Vidal, American critic and writer America awakened to a new hope and trust in elected officials when John