There’s quite an interesting discussion on imperialism - or rather, American imperialism - going on over at Crooked Timber, link for which is over here. The question of American imperialism has long been in debate, with various sides holding opinions about ‘hard’ (i.e. the Neo-con agenda) or ’soft’ imperialism consisting of non-miliarty means of [...]
The constant drone of drilling machines emanating from my neighbour’s house irritated me. It sounded muffled, alternating between muffled-audible and muffled barely-audible. I imagined a worn drill bit driving itself into the concrete, its revolving veins delivering cut and crushed cement out of a newly-minted hole. And then I pictured a plethora [...]
Unbelievably, PM Abdullah Badawi has declared that he sees nothing wrong in having over 90% majority in parliament, against Dr Mahathir’s opinion to the contrary. I couldn’t believe what I was reading, because obviously, it does not make sense: recently, Nazri whipped 16 women senators into submission, declaring that he was directing them to [...]
I just received a Maxis/SMS alert saying, basically, that the High Court has ruled that Mr Moorthy’s body be handed over to religious authorities, with the mother appealing against the ruling. I was reading about this on a blog and one commentator wondered how Mr Moorthy’s religion could be determined by the evidence [...]