Requiem for a dream
I was a schoolteacher for a time. The hours were long and the work was grueling. But I enjoyed every moment of it. The students – for it was always about the students – had made the job possible. In...
View ArticleFascism that works
He was a leader who held a nation in his thrall.From the excesses of empire and occupation, he arose with a voice so clear it could not but give his people hope, give his people dreams. He arose and...
View ArticleWe the citizens of no country
Remember when you were a child, you earnestly believed in the tales that adults told? The monsters under your bed that would awaken if you didn’t sleep by nine. The ghastly diseases that would beset...
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when lapdogs bark
What's with these condescending headlines, Straits Times?Wasn't there just another one a few weeks ago?'Stop whining and start serving the customer'?Maybe the whining would stop when the Straits Times...
View ArticleReflections on the guillotine
Some compelling words by Albert Camus in his eloquent 'Reflections on the Guillotine'. The original essay is much longer, and worth its every word. I'll leave you with some abridged paragraphs: ___...
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