Whenever I had the opportunity to have dialogues with Members of Parliament (especially during undergrad days), it is not uncommon to hear one or several of them say something to the effect of: ‘i remember 20 years ago, i was…
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Often, when people say ‘yes the PAP is not perfect, but what alternative do we have?’, you get the sense that they either do not comprehend our political system or they are setting up a false dilemma. This time, like…
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As a political science major, I get the following question whenever i tell people what i study: ‘so you want to be a politician?’ I don’t. But if i was one, this is how my first press conference would sound…
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*this post is partially inspired by people linking an act of human kindness which should be celebrated when Singaporeans lifted a lorry to save a man trapped underneath, to the sg50 spirit, whatever that means (so if the incident happened…
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Our Mufti questions whether terrorism can solely be attributed to misinterpretation of texts. He then suggests that the reasons could be multi-faceted, and include disenchantment towards the state. Thanks to our Mufti for saying something that has been ignored for…
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