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Dutch politician Geert Wilders released on the Internet a film called 'Fitna' which is critical of Islam and warnings that it could...

Two weeks on and Mas Salamat has yet to be found. Much has been said in the media about offering a reward for information leading to his ca...

8th March 2008 was an auspicious date for newbies seeking enter Malaysian politics. Nurul Izzah unseated 3-term incumbent Minister Shahriza...

The Commission of Inquiry was set up for at least two reasons. One is to get to the bottom of the escape and two, to show that the governme...

When was the last time we saw a Minister (let alone one as senior as DPM Wong Kan Seng) apologise in Singapore Parliament? Practically unhe...

I met with a taxi driver relative of mine over the New Year. He shared that his income had dipped significantly (abt 25%) in the weeks foll...

Much has been said in recent days about the rising cost of living in Singapore. Still, I think a new graduate today is far more fortunate as...

In 1994, Tharman Shanmugaratnam was charged under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for endangering the secrecy of classified documents and was...

At times, it can be an intolerable experience to follow politics and current affairs (International or otherwise). Weeding through thick lay...

Donald Aw lamented in the Young PAP Blog that the prices of HDB flats in some matured estates were "absurd" and asserted that ...

I am puzzled. Is the Singapore Government for or against the movement to change the junta regime in Myanmar? Some signs that suggest that th...

Somewhere in the midst of all the reports on protest activity (yes! Even in Singapore!) was this picture of expatriate women in Singapore we...

I take cognizance of your urging Singaporeans not to link politicize issue of bus fare hikes. However, it goes without saying that any cost ...

What is happening in Burma/Myanmar is a tragedy. Unofficial reports suggest that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protestors – including man...

I found RI science teacher Otto Fong’s ‘ coming out ’ blog touching and well-written. Unsurprisingly, it has attracted support from several...

There has been talk in the media and blogosphere that Malaysian PM Abdullah may call for early elections, possibly later this year. For Abdu...

Scholarboy and Astroboy have at The Intelligent Singaporean discussed what went wrong with the US-led war in Iraq, prefacing with a recent ...

Yvonne Lee has posited that “ Decriminalising homosexual acts would be an error ”. She argues that laws criminalizing homosexual acts are n...

Dai Kor’s reference to NMP Siew Kum Hong’s distinction between Ministers who “lead” and civil servants (Administrative officers too) who “m...