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When the middle path is a waste of time

JAN 30 — Amid opposing positions, political centrists have the tendency to stake the middle ground. It is a compromise that appears sensible on the surface. Sometimes, it can be ...

Schooled in illiteracy

JAN 13 — Ninety-three per cent. The literacy rate in Malaysia in 2009 was 93 per cent, so says the United Nations Development Programme in its latest Human Development Index ...

A world without Iraq

DEC 18 — I was almost late for my morning history class. I ran as far as I could while trying to keep my balance on ice and snow. By the time I entered the classroom, I was ...

Why the rush?

DEC 2 — I had listened to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Malaysia Day address with scepticism. Part of the scepticism came after noticing all the qualifications made by ...

Pemandu needs an expiry date

NOV 7 — A friend asked me once what I thought of Pemandu. He expected me to praise it since he knew where my economic bias lies. Here was Pemandu advocating liberalisation in a ...
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