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Author: Dr Navin C Naidu

Identifying ideology and ideologues

An idea is what you have; an ideology is something that has you. — Morris Berman, American historian Ideology is defined as a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. The citizenry, as the basis, must necessarily shape it

WWW. What went wrong.gov

You were born an original. Don’t die a copy — John Mason, American author WHAT went wretchedly wrong is painfully obvious when almost all our codes, laws, rules and regulations reek of colonial stench. We quit being original, and instead yearn to live and perish as copycats. That’s an objectionable

Shock and awe: Weaponising education

A recent directive issued by the Ministry of Education requesting school students to participate in a show of support for Palestine is nothing but weaponising education and politicising schools with ethnocratic overtones to influence the minds of school-going children who have nothing to do with the prevailing Middle East crisis.

Decadent dicta and dogmas

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. – Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President In every sphere and corner of society, and in every realm of human activity, dicta and dogmas define, dictate, and determine who we are in discovering and realising the purpose of life,

The W-I-T-H Wedge

Organised government is organised chaos like an unassembled jigsaw puzzle.– Lakota Native American chief ———————— As long as government is a fact of life, the W-I-T-H Wedge, hereinafter the Wedge, will continue to assail us as a vexatious and divisive factor. The Wedge is government in the abstract. W-I-T-H –

Rearranging society

We learn by rearranging what we know. – Ludwig Wittgenstein, British philosopher The early 17th century ushered in subtle insights into law, politics and government that declared in veiled language that since government produces nothing, it is incapable of rearranging society. A country becomes a nation of political systems with

Judging the judges

 Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.  – Will Rogers, American actor In most political establishments, judges are said to be “duabus sellis sedere”, Latin for sitting in two saddles. This is obvious because judges are usually political appointments. They are not selected

Unscrambling the omelette

We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them. . Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist ————————- Undoing things once done is not impossible, but a veritable challenge to sanity. In the business of politics, law and government, unscrambling the omelette, un-ringing of the bell, pushing

MA63: Maze of machinations

Litigated cases, commentaries, textbooks, articles, essays and opinions from some self-styled constitutional law experts, and from all concerned Malaysians have fused into one gigantic maze of confusion concerning MA63. What was obviously contemplated and agreed upon by the willing progenitors of MA63 is now subject to self-inflicted corruption of devious

Smoke and mirrors

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides. – Andre Malraux, French statesman In an obviously lucrative effort to hide the obvious, government builds unnecessary walls or rules or laws to maintain a weird sense of reality, and when they fall away, we’re left with