Category: Column

Our evolving electoral landscape

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system. – Marcus Tullius Cicero,

The conundrum of cross-legal culture

My former lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Dr Alima Joned, was a panelist at the recent webinar, jointly organised by my law

Want to be an advice columnist?

If we don’t feel grateful with what we already have, what makes us think we’ll be happy with more? – Anon Sometime in May this

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We’re kings, mortals too

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way. –

When the opposition warms up to Azalina

Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing. – Bernard Baruch, American financier When Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said was appointed

Keeping the wolves at bay

I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind — it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should

The frame of things

In a world of colours and multiple shades, of different tones, sounds and musical scores, of the exotic and esoteric, and of the fantastic and

Protect our kids against sex maniacs

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on us to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness. – John

So, you want to live past 100?

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – Mark Twain, American author How long do you want