KJ

Truth matters not just in the affairs of a nation, but also in the cobwebs of our mind\’s ideas and ideals of personal construction. Ideals are ideas pushed to the natural end of imaginary time, and what one wishes for as a perfect condition in an idealised world. Visions of and for life are also […]

I first started my writing career with a letter to the editor of the Malay Mail . It was for the sports page wherein I made a suggestion for the setting up of more Royal Military Colleges (my alma mater RMC) so that we can produce global champions in sports; people like today’s Nicole David. They even paid me […]

In our system of governance today, we only measure the measurable but ignore the non-visible or invisible factors. Therefore, for example, the Pemandu group takes pride in their major achievements with reducing crime in “hot spots” and increasing the average crime reporting within their stations. But, they do not talk about how many crimes were […]

In the modern media world it is often argued that perception is all of reality. I do not agree. It is only reality in the minds of the observers or perceivers, but not always in the hearts of the others.  Most grounded members of any locality can distinguish between “perceptual reality” and “real reality”. Therefore […]

I once wrote a column here criticising a Telekom Malaysia advertisement which lauded Lee Chong Wei even though he lost to China’s Lin Dan in England. Chong Wei has since proven that he is as good as his rival and that he has an equal chance to win gold at the Olympics. More recently, even […]

In my Theory R hypothesis, while truth and its revelation define the first R, the second R is all about responsibility and the human ability to assume full accountability for such self-governance. Someone once called this ‘one’s ability to respond’ or ‘response-ability’. But what really do we respond to?  My answer would be, ‘truth.’ Michael […]

My former Intan colleague, Hasan Ali, asserted that PAS had not given him due process of a democratic nature before they sacked him from the party. He had also said he would not appeal the sacking. Therefore, he still believes he is a member of the party and says, “I still love the party!”   […]

In human parlance do these two words differ much, in their intended meanings? My question and reflection relates to how the American soul singer, Erkyah Badu was treated publicly, and thereby her dignity was denied for all the wrong reasons, in Malaysia. But, bless her heart, this lady was magnanimous enough to say that she […]

In Michael M Harmon\’s book, Organization Theory for Public Administration , there is a true story of a five-year-old boy who was battered to death over a period of time. However, none of the neighbours and connected community, who knew something might not be right, did anything to stop the killing of that child by the stepfather. […]

Nurul Izzah Anwar is one of the youngest MPs elected into Parliament and one of the giant killers of 2008. Her alter ego in the contest was none other than the Cowgate Minister; who lost badly but retained her deposit and was appointed into cabinet through the Senate becaue of her Wanita Umno position. However, […]