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?
The mystery of the vanishing header…
“Retrenchment is good for Singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry.” – SM Goh “The opposition’s plans to ‘give and give’ will lead to Singaporeans having to pay higher taxes in order to foot the bill.” – then DPM Lee at a rally in Tampines, in 2001. “$2.6b ‘Progress Package’ for lower-income groups,… Read More »
Before we get carried away by the inroads made by the opposition parties in the recently concluded general election in Singapore, here’s a cautionary analysis of the election results by Law Sin Ling:Reflection on General Election 2006(The following observation is made under the assumption that the polling process had not been perverted by widespread fraudulent… Read More »
“The signal we want to send to the electorate is we want you to speak and debate, we want a good election in which the issues are raised and joined and we discuss the serious matters which face Singapore.” Those are the words of PAP’s Lee Hsien Loong before the party went on to sue… Read More »