This time round, the PAD demands that Thailand PM Sundaravej resigns. But going by their track records, they will still not be satisfied until ultimately they succeed in installing themselves as the government.
They pulled their first stint in 2006, rallying street protests that brought about, with the cooperation of the Thai army, the end of […]
I told you so: John McCain is quite capable of wresting back the media’s attention. (A couple months back, he had grumbled about the media’s bias favoring Barack Obama. * read that posting)
Sarah Palin, McCain’s choice of running mate, is now the talk of the town. Poor lady! They are having a field day digging […]
Anwar Ibrahim’s victory at the Permatang Pauh by-election adds fuel to his scheme to incite ruling party MPs to defect to his opposition coalition. With enough crossovers (30 to be exact), he will topple the Malaysian government and claim his premiership.
But which carrot is Anwar dangling as the bait? Just what does it take to […]
Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) new president Ms Lee Bee Wah’s approach to ‘letting the Olympic team manager go’ is no different from workplace politics. * link to article below
It happens all the time in the corporate world. Only perhaps there, the messages are conveyed somewhat more subtly eg. via org change, reduced responsibilties or cold […]
Too often, the political and military measures the US takes run counter to the very roles it wants to be seen to play, namely as peace maker and advocate for democracy.
The US has been consciously beefing up its military presence in Eastern Europe under the pretext of building a defense shield against rogue states and […]
China’s casting of the cuter Lin Miaoke as ‘the face’ to the rendition of ‘Ode to the Motherland’ by another girl, Yang Peiyi, during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics triggered a chorus of criticisms from the world over.
Critics decried it as ‘a step too far in China’s obsession with a perfect Olympics Games’. […]
A page turner - that’s what the book A Dangerous Weakness is. For it marks a turning point for 93-year-old Lorna Page.
Think of what it takes to write a novel:
The twists and turns of the plot, researches into finer details for credibility, wit and humor, and convincing portrayal of the different personalities the characters assume […]
It turns out for poor Manji Yamada (read yesterday’s posting) that the surrogate mother also does not want to keep her. It could be due to finances – that was her motivation to carry someone else’s baby in the first place.
Still, that she is void of emotional attachment to the child she was pregnant with […]
I empathize with couples desperate to conceive their own children. I really do, though I may not fully appreciate the agony they suffer. But to resort to surrogate means, or ‘renting a womb’ as harsher critics have it, is quite another story.
From a conservative point of view, the procedure goes against the ways of nature. […]
Computer game addicts execute one another in the virtual world without a qualm. These are daily routines – there is no right or wrong to any action, it’s only a game.
By and by, gamers develop immunity towards the gruesome effects of their actions. That’s where the danger lies with violent computer games. Comics and […]
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