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I posted the following on the Soulcast blog on 18 August 2006 and it was titled: "Why I admire America". Today with the historic ...

The scenes are euphoric. The moment is historic. A man of partial African origin has become the President-elect of the most powerful nation...

Approximately a year ago the following article appeared on Reuters: Singapore anime figurine protesters meet real police SINGAPORE, Sept 7 (...

National Day Rally speeches are not intended to be funny. I am sure, however, that any good speaker would throw in a joke or two in the spe...

The PAP prepares for its elections early. There is nothing unusual in that. I think there are some early signs that the ground is being pre...

I saw this on Diary of a Singapore Mind. But, I think it is important enough to be re-posted. So, here it is - the combined effect of infl...

Dr Ong Chit Chung was the MP for my former constituency, Bukit Batok. I felt that as a mark of respect I should refrain from discussing the...

In continuation of my earlier blog entry where i was analysing the Ministry of Law's response to the IBA report, I was planning to do an...

Happy Birthday to Nelson Mandela. As a teen, I was greatly inspired by the South African struggle against apartheid. What a colossal struggl...

What was Mr Tharman talking about? My layman brain is throbbing with a big, fat headache. Are there any economists out there that can expla...

The International Bar Association has released a report entitled, ‘Prosperity versus Individual Rights? Human Rights, Democracy and the rule...

This is definitely the quotation of the week (maybe, it might even be the quotation of the year): Jarret Huang (Secondary 3 student from Raf...

I was half-expecting a response along the lines of what Ms Yeong Yoon Ying has come up with. TODAYonline has received a letter from her ex...

Here's the story that doesn't make the news much. Amongst the detainees at Guantanamo are Uighurs (ethnic minority in Western China...

PAP, The Opposition & the Resilience of Singapore MM Lee’s latest warning about Singapore without the PAP is nothing new. It has always...

A couple of months ago I was returning from a trip to Hong Kong. I enjoy the convenience of going through the automated lane at the airport...

I'm sure the Home Minister did not mean it when he said, 'Any lapse by any department in the Home Team is a failure which all in the...

I found this great quote about the real work that the UN does... This couldn't be further from the truth... The UN is unfortunately a to...

Chee Soon Juan's strenuous and persistent questioning of witnesses whilst the court had disallowed those questions gave rise to a contem...