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My Professor Jerry Harvey, author of Abilene Par adox and other Meditations on Management has one chapter in the book entitled: \”Captain Asoh and the concept of Grace.\” He describes the true story about a JAL 747 captain. Asoh was the pilot who successfully and accidentally landed his jumbo jet perfectly in the bay outside the Los Angeles airport, in […]

Wikipedia defines poetic justice as a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character\’s own conduct. The structure of poetry, prose, and drama to have justice originates in Aristotle\’s Poetics. Aristotle says that poetry is superior to […]

Most of us know and understand the power paradigm in the applied form. It is often made visible by the application of authority through power in our daily lives. Whether at home, in the office, or in the community or at the service counter, ordinary people can see and recognise raw application of power. Its […]

In developed nations, whether in the East of West, old structures and institutions are honored and respected, not destroyed. In such \”developed and mature thinking,\” which we sometimes call ‘civilized,’ all institutions which have survived more than 100 years are \”classified as historic institutions.\” Such institutions are part and parcel of the heritage of a […]

I am borrowing the title of this column from the speech of Martin Luther King Jr, as seasoned readers would have noticed already. Thrust into national spotlight after the bus protest march in Birmingham, where he was duly arrested and incarcerated, King built on that momentum and months later led a massive march to Washington, […]

This is the second part of my article on how Martin Luther King Jr’s speech titled ‘I have a dream’ can be juxtaposed to Malaysia’s present political scene. King speaks about Afro-Americans and their place in America. Is it Malaysia’s kairos to define a new paradigm and mindset? We had 1000 persons at Hindraf’s birth […]

“Yes, it is truly historic, and the UK newspaper headlines captured that sentiment, as did papers around the world. Nothing could change the image of America more than this. But it is more than historic; it is very personal for many of my generation. A new generation just sees this as natural – he’s an […]

There is a book entitled Excellence by former US secretary of education John W Gardner, who argues in it that ‘excellence’ has an absolute value dimension and cannot simply become and remain a populist or merely a democratic ideal. He nevertheless argued for both excellence and equality to be pursued as important democratic ideals. The current dialogue […]

Is every interest of the government always equal to the interest of the public at large? If not, how then does the party in power ( aka the executive branch of government) seek to determine the specific nature of the public interest in every case or situation? Foreign Affairs Minister Rais Yatim’s doctoral dissertation was published as […]

What is the colour of the air we breathe? If we ask Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, he would swear that it only is green. Therefore, his edict or advice to the public servants of the Municipality of Kota Baru that Muslims wearing lipstick or high heels are guilty works for him. […]