Not rising to the bait

AUG 25 — Every time religious issues come up in public discourse for a sustained period of time, I can’t help but feel it’s all just misdirection.No, not in any conspiracy ...

We are the boss

JULY 13 — As Malaysia takes in the aftermath of Bersih 2.0, a few things have been laid quite bare by events in our capital over the weekend.One — that tens of thousands of ...

Strapping on quotas

JUNE 28 — We sure do love our quota-based “fixes” over here, don’t we?The most recent being the announcement by the prime minister that corporate Malaysia will observe a 30 per ...

Debates we’re not having

JUNE 20 — This came up in conversation the other day: “As a society, are we progressing or regressing?”Let me qualify that. By progressing, I mean in the Enlightenment Philosophy ...

Some search but do not find

MAY 13 — Dina Zaman’s recent piece on spending some time in an undisclosed Muslim commune in her intriguing Holy Men, Holy Women series really struck a chord with me.As a child of ...