revirginization is meaningless

 Surgically replacing the hymen is set to be yet another controversial trend. 
Motivations to re-virginize, as it is termed, include repackaging to be a gift for a future husband.  More absurd than that, others see it as a reclamation of spiritual wholeness. 
Remaining chaste till marriage is an indisputable virtue.  But what is done cannot be undone.  […]

terrorist at large

 Mas Selamat Kastari’s escape yesterday from the Internal Security Detention Centre in Singapore has triggered a massive manhunt throughout island.  He is still at large as I log this column. 
This most wanted terrorist is a really slippery fellow.  Despite being inconvenienced by a limp, he has a knack for disappearing just like that.  
In Dec 2001, […]

the issue is deeper than simply inflation

 Inflation is making news across the globe. Just yesterday, wheat prices jumped 25% on a single day.   
We complain about the higher costs of living, then shrug it off just as quickly.  Our generation has cultivated this ‘indifference’ over an extended period of peace and abundance.  We take food availability for granted. 
This time round, however, price […]