Friday, 2 January 2026

Category: Opinion

Legacy of better communications

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist When

Managing ‘double sessions’

Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly.

It’s Mahathir’s call

I made a promise to hand over and I will, accepting that I thought that a change immediately before the APEC summit would be disruptive.

Working during school holidays

Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die. C. S. Lewis, British writer and theologian Have you

The judicature picture

(Part I) The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary,

Fake news

We can’t have, like, willy-nilly proliferation of fake news. That’s crazy. You can’t have more types of fake news than real news. That’s allowing public

Go beyond superficial knowledge

Superficial knowledge is potentially more dangerous than ignorance. It gives a false sense of security encouraging an ignorant man to persevere in his efforts that

Curse of the White Rajah

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. William S. Burroughs, American writer and visual artist Sarawak’s Astana

Noisy drunkards mar funerals

Some heavy drinkers can’t sober up — they are dazed 24/7. They fall into the fire; it’s OK. They sleep in a stinking gutter; it’s