Category: Opinion

Intellectual dishonesty

If you tell the truth you don’t have to rely upon a good memory. – Mark Twain, American novelist Professionals and intellectuals supposedly steer the

The ballad of Ba Kelalan

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure. — JK Rowling, British author If Frank Sinatra left his heart in San Francisco,

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From tradition to common love

I love movies where the explosions and fireworks are happening inside someone’s heart and mind instead of outside. – Marielle Heller, American writer As ulu

Law and disorder?

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists

Thank you mom for all of your love

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful? – Mahatma Gandhi, nationalist and political ethicist Today I am

The right to believe

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. – Goethe, German philosopher From cradle to grave we are obsessed with a

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Names — You are free to choose

Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what’s in a name? – Helen Hunt Jackson, American poet It has been

‘Paloi’ to argue over a datukship

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. – George Carlin, American comedian There are times when we, Sarawakians, have to learn to