Sunday, 11 January 2026

Category: Column

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A Faustian bargain?

The truth is still the truth, even if no one believes it. A lie is still a lie, even if everyone believes it. Lies have

Accepting death as part of life

I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens. — Woody Allen, American director Last Thursday, while having an

Chronology of Sabah elections

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance. — Brian Tracy, motivational public speaker Congratulations to Sabah’s Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) for

You can run but cannot hide

In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates.

Sabah polls over, let’s move on

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society. – Paul Krugman, American economist By about 9pm on

Sabah! What next?

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. –Thomas Jefferson, third US president The polling booths opened

Same old, same old

When you have a general election result you don’t like, you don’t have another general election. – Nicholas Soames, UK member of parliament Some things

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Crocodile tears

I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of