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My column last week described why I think a leading lawyer’s dignity has been denied by our judicial system, all because of the so-called performance management system being implemented by the chief judge. Last week also, about 30 criminal lawyers met to discuss how they should protest this ‘expediency syndrome’ that appears to do injustice to those […]

This column is probably my most severe criticism of Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s logic system currently made apparent by some of his incoherent statements. The New Straits Times quoted him as saying with a headline that, “having too many parties will split the nation.” He was of course agreeing with the Registrar of Societies who had given a […]

Thomas Kuhn first made popular the notion of paradigms. He argued his case for \”the structure of scientific revolutions.\” He made popular the notion of \”paradigm shifts.\”He also proposed that paradigms shift when exemplars begin to operate and disclose the new worldview or new meta-paradigms. He also argued using \”the Einsteinian revolution\” as a demonstrable […]

I have a pet dream. It is related to ending, if not at least reducing, corruption to a very low and insignificant level in Malaysia. I personally believe it can be done. If Singapore and Finland can do it, so can we. Yes, we can! Corruption is no more a small issue today in Malaysia. […]

Last Saturday, G Gnanalingam or TSG, a member of Pemudah, argued publicly that chief secretary to the government (KSN) Sidek Hassan should be considered for the CEO of 2010 Award. I cannot disagree. Last week also, a total stranger I met at a closed-door dialogue on ‘Religion in the Public Space’ hosted by IAIS and […]

I am not a formal student of the philosophy of science; the study and appreciation of the field of epistemology. But I had a very good teacher from whom I learned some key concepts and ideas from this field. The most important principle I learned from this teacher, is that we cannot separate text from […]

Potential general elections are a very good time for all Wayang Kulitians and all type of play actors. They get to act out their lines even more precisely. Shakespeare said all the world is a stage. Why else would Dr Mahathir Mohamad, of all people, take on the Orang Asal of peninsular Malaya? No wonder […]

There is a severe and real gap between rhetoric and reality, in all of life, but most so among our politicians! This gap between intentions and actions I call the integrity gap. Everywhere I look around me, almost without exception, there is this noticeable gap between their espoused theory and theory-in-use. This is true of […]

Kee Thuan Chye has argued that Christians were on the winning side on the Al Kitab and Allah issues. Wrong. His worldview is based on a win-lose paradigm limited by human perspectives. The Christian worldview is a triple-win paradigm; not one limited by the space and time paradigm of worldly matters. Even other worldly matters […]

In my last column I argued that truth matters for Christians, but they will be less involved on issues of partisan political concerns alone; whether racial or otherwise. For the more serious Christians, their ultimate loyalty can only be to their Master and Lord, the God-man Jesus Christ. Anything else or less, is idol-worship of […]