Saturday, 7 March 2026

Category: Opinion

Losing a beloved grandfather

“The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you’re faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you

Journalists of fortune

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. – James Fenimore Cooper, American writer PREMIER Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari

An emerging civilisation

Bracing for the emergence of a Malaysian civilisation is not a utopian pipedreamif we adroitly learn to ignore, prevent and outlaw racism, religious extremism, petty

62 seconds of magic

Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you – Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet. Three years ago, in the

Speeches must have standards

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. –  Dionysius Of Halicarnassus, Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric I tried to count the

Hand of Fate

By MAYA GREEN We are just pebblesBeing pushed and pulled by the currentsYes, we are just pebblesBeing stepped on, and felt in the streams We

Mike’s Barn

By MAYA GREEN I once went to the Mike’s barnA Czarina home in North CarolinaPrettily sat, right next to Shoal CreekWhich happily flows leisurely by

Of Rhythm and Rhyme

By MAYA GREEN Everything has a place, an appointed timeA roaring tempest, has rhythm and rhymeA bloom, it unfolds in the morningBut will be wilting,