A recent event provided testimony that Singapore is one of the “safest” places in the world. It has few disturbances to social harmony, and when it does, the agitator is swiftly put behind bars. The event also showed that the Singapore police force must have very few crimes to solve and very few law breakers… Read More »
Here’s a little food for thought. Let’s suppose that the American public believes George Bush is a bigger threat to national security than it can imagine. Can the average Joe then ask the president to authorise wiretapping, even though the perpetrator in this instance is himself? Perhaps that will also help to unravel clues as… Read More »
The Best War Ever is about a war that was devised in fantasy and lost in delusion. It highlights the futility of lying to oneself and others in matters of life and death. And it offers lessons to the current generation so that, at least in our time, this never happens again. In this book,… Read More »
Last weekend, I watched a Frontline/Washington Post special entitled “Rumsfeld’s War” on cable TV (can’t remember which channel) that suggested the Iraq “war” (perhaps invasion would be a better word) was very much one man’s fanatical drive to bitch-slap the uniformed military command at the Pentagon into submission and turn the U.S. military into a… Read More »
Acclaimed author Jostein Gaarder, best known for the novel Sophie’s World, has written a critical opinion piece on Israel in Aftenposten, a Norwegian newspaper. Not surprisingly, it sparked a fiery debate on political, religious and cultural fronts. There is an unofficial translation of Gaardner’s article, but I doubt it will ever make its way to… Read More »
This was taken at the height of the controversy surrounding Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian, who was in danger of being recalled by the Pan-Blue opposition. The old man here is holding a banner predicting that opposition leader Ma Ying-jiu will become president in the next election. Does he really know better? Or is he nuts?