Kuala Lampur, Sept. 1 -- Benjamin Franklin famously said that nothing in life is certain except death and taxes. As someone working in the education sector for more than two decades, I can say (for c... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Aug. 26 -- So, just when the world has moved on from one pandemic, we got another bad boy disease hitting the news: mpox (formerly referred to as monkeypox). Friends and colleagues have... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Aug. 14 -- "Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything." - CS Lewis About three weeks ago, my wife had a stroke and died. I remember dropping her off at the train station arou... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Aug. 6 -- Like millions of Malaysians, I have mixed feelings about the new licensing rule for online service providers, to be put into effect from January 1 next year. I get the concern... Read More
Kuala Lampur, July 23 -- The recent case of an influencer taking her own life after being bullied online again raises the spectre of online violence. This may make it worth revisiting Jaron Lanier's ... Read More
Kuala Lampur, July 15 -- In the movie The Experiment (2010), starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker, a group of (normal) folks are paid to stay in a facility for some time. They are divided into t... Read More
Kuala Lampur, July 9 -- The timing could not have been better. On June 24, I was speaking to my class about Julian Assange and the phenomenon of whistle-blowing. I showed my class the video, submitt... Read More
Kuala Lampur, June 17 -- Last week MIDF Research projected that Malaysia's average unemployment rate will hold steady at 3.3 per cent for 2024. While the rate is just a tad higher than last year, nob... Read More