Category: Column

Subtle shibboleths

If nominated, I’ll not run; if elected, I shall not serve. – American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman In politics, the inevitable shibboleth (buzzword,

The old ways don’t work

Most people don’t have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims. – Carlos Santana, American

Resolutions for 2023

A person who gets lost in a dark forest waits with great hopes that the sun comes and saves him! And a person who gets

Durians traded but on smaller scale

If you were adventurous, scoop out the fragrant, heavenly, alarming flesh of the durian. — JG Ferrell, English-born novelist The king of fruit is making

Salute the unsung heroes of Batang Kali

I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it.

Cartoons and contention

Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug

Happy and merry Christmas

‘At Christmas, all roads lead home.’ – Marjorie Holmes, American columnist and best-selling Christian author. A happy and merry Christmas to all. How time flies,

Deliberate defects and deformities

Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them. – W. Edwards Deming, American management consultant   The art, science and