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Opinion
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Collin Morikawa speaks about life on Tour, his roots and rapid success on the world’s leading golf circuit
NOVEMBER 3 ― I’ve realized over the last couple of weeks, after the tough start I had both at the US Open and Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, that this is without...
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How friendships can survive in the Age of Offence
NOVEMBER 2 — There are three certainties in life: Death, taxes and being offended on social media. Nowadays that third category is even more ubiquitous than the grim reaper....
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It’s Biden vs Trump
NOVEMBER 1 — The most important political battle on earth will reach its conclusion next week. But what does it mean to us in Asia? Does it mean anything...
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Two new indie horror flicks to watch for Halloween
OCTOBER 31 ― It’s Halloween this weekend and even if Halloween has never been much of a thing in terms of actual celebrations and festivities over here in Malaysia,...
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Teaching about freedom of expression
OCTOBER 30 ― I am a teacher. And like the million other teachers here in France, I am finding it hard to come to terms with the tragic killing of history-geography teacher...
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Well... the voters are to blame
OCTOBER 29 — A deputy minister blames voters for the current political debacle and agitates urban Malaysia. A barrage of social media comments and commentaries ensue. One dude...
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It's more income, not financial literacy that the poor need
OCTOBER 28 — There are a lot of terrible things on Twitter, myself included, but one particularly irksome thing is personal finance Twitter. As someone who's actually been poor,...
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Goldman Sachs – Opening the door for Asian reparations?
OCTOBER 25 – Goldman Sachs Group Inc's Malaysian subsidiary pleaded guilty on Thursday to US Department of Justice charges and agreed to pay US$2.9 billion (RM12 billion)...
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When US indie movies flirt with horror
OCTOBER 24 — Back in the late 80s and early 90s, when names like Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Whit Stillman, Richard Linklater, Todd Solondz, Gregg Araki, Hal Hartley and...
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Trump for Malaysia
OCTOBER 22 — The days bore us. Unending power talks, lockdown rules that change with every refresh and no water in the capital. The stink grows, you can’t leave the district...
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Malaysian politicians find sorry to be the hardest word
OCTOBER 21 — The average Malaysian should look as flat as a roti canai by now at the rate the government keeps throwing the rakyat under the bus. Because it's not enough to...
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80/20: How reality shifts when we focus away from the average
OCTOBER 19 — The average doesn’t tell us much. If on Monday you ate one nasi lemak for breakfast, lunch and dinner (which makes three nasi lemaks in one...
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The world needs Julian Assange to be free
OCTOBER 18 — Sometime early next year, Australian hacker and activist Julian Assange will be told by a judge in the UK that he will be extradited to the USA to face a host of...
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Cure your CMCO blues with some brainless low-budget action movie fun
OCTOBER 17 ― The return of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) has made quite a few of us feel a bit down especially when considering that the initial two-week period...
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Umno and DAP turn kingmakers
OCTOBER 15 — Make no mistake, it’s fabulously unusual even for Malaysia’s obfuscated political culture. The excitement initiated three weeks ago by Leader of Opposition...
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Sabah, discarded again
OCTOBER 14 — It was an expected outcome after the election; that after it ended, Sabah's welfare would again be on the backburner. Putting the state under a semi-lockdown is but...
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Students and the stress they endure #SPM2020
OCTOBER 14 — You could argue that whatever survives a catastrophe will prove its special character. The Covid-19 pandemic may have wreaked havoc on certain industries and...
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Singapore’s communities and Covid-19
OCTOBER 11 — The other day I was in the lift heading down to the carpark when an elderly man got in and coughed. Seconds later, I coughed. We both immediately leapt away...
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Three genre movies to stream or watch in Malaysian cinemas
OCTOBER 10 — Even before we entered the post-lockdown era of watching movies in the cinema, it was quite apparent that there’s never a shortage of horror films being made and...