People power or hype?
Should governments and political parties worry about social media and governance?
Desperate dad cooking tips
Single fathers who are lousy cooks, help is on the way!
Mixed marriage mayhem
Rather than warn couples against mixed marriages, change the laws that create unnecessary stress.
Nuclear family fission
With its divorce rate increasing, Malaysia needs to understand causes and consequences.
More video danger
A scientist has suggested that video games are even more damaging than previously thought
Broken people
Perhaps pain is not all it’s cracked up to be, but then, neither is positive thinking.
Ethics for everyone
A minister’s call for bloggers to practise the rules and ethics of journalism misses the point.
No need to cheat
Denmark’s bold experiment may change how we view education and what we expect from it.
Blink, and it’s a whole new world
New technologies are not necessarily destroying us, but they are certainly changing us.
Who’s fanning the flames?
Why aren’t the authorities, on either side of the Malaccan Strait, doing anything about soured Indonesia-Malaysia ties?
Guilty pleasures
Sometimes, giving in can be therapeutic, cathartic, nostalgic or just plain old fun.
MonoMalaysia vs 1Malaysia
What do you think are the greatest threats facing our nation since the Communist insurgency?
Stepping up
Journalists and civil society have made another appeal for a freer media; the people should have a say too.
It’s all in the name
What you name something will affect how you regard it. Would our National Service still be as scary if it was called a ‘summer camp’?
We’re not nice people
As usual, whenever there’s social injustice and personal horror, we only work on fixing the symptoms.
I got RIProlled
Those who live by so-called new media, die by new media – some hard-won lessons for this columnist
This time, it’s personal
Journalists today are increasingly finding it hard to draw a line between their personal and professional personas.
Compromised callings
There are some professions in which having a calling may be a liability.
Re-connecting with old friends
Let’s face it, bibliophiles and bookworms – and there is a difference despite some overlap – are weird people.
Life, the universe, and everything
Maths and Science are about discovering the underlying truths of reality. So why are so few of our students excited about the two subjects?
Stupidity in numbers
Individuals may be idealistic, smart and articulate – until they join a group.


