Free As a Bird — Almost

By S. Jayasankaran Emunicipality had been feeling out of sorts for a while. For one thing,…

Can We Have the Same in Malaysia — Safer Roads & Stricter Enforcement?

Image Credit: Copilot By Ravindran Raman Kutty When I first started driving in Sydney, it felt…

Saluting My Singing Heroines with Timeless Voices — Petula Clark and Julie Andrews

By Yong Soo Heong Certain voices never leave us. They become part of the soundtrack of…

Z is for Zed: The Man Who Wouldn’t Stay Down

By Dr Rahim Said  If Malaysia were running a Sesame Street reboot this past week, the…

Tribute to a Helpful Bank Manager – Mohd Bakhtiar Yahya

By Jeff Yong Have you ever met people whose kindness leaves a lasting mark on your…

As We Step into the Second Quarter of the 21st Century

By Sam Trailerman Surviving the first quarter of the 21st century often felt like living through…

Marty Supreme and the Fine Art of Not Lecturing Your Audience

Image Credit: Copilot By Dr Rahim Said  There are films that want to tell a story,…

The Old Man and the Sea (And the Old Man I’ve Lived With for 79 Years)

Image Credit: Copilout By Dr Rahim Said It is 2026. By December, I will be uncomfortably close to…

The Dying of the Light

By S. Jayasankaran King Tut was famous for being the only royal burial found intact in…

A New Year’s Eve Glimpse of How We Might Socialise Next — Not in a Pickle, But on a Pickleball Court

By Dr Rahim Said  New Year’s Eve is usually a fixed ritual: fixed menus, fixed chairs, fixed conversations…

Live and Let Live

Photo Credit: Copilot By S. JayasankaranI woke up at around 7 in the morning on Dec…

When Faith Becomes a Traffic Advisory for Some Travellers at Christmas Time

By Dr Rahim Said There are many ways for a politician to show concern for the…

Have Hope

My Sister, My Best Friend By Yuet Mee Ho-Nambiar As the year begins to wind down,…

Pakar Tangkap Jin: When 21st-Century Malaysia Still Calls the Bomoh on WhatsApp

By Dr Rahim Said I nearly drove off the road when I saw it. Not because…

Letter to Editor

Bystander Culture: Why Students Don’t Speak Up There is a growing concern among us, students of…

Celebrations? Holidays? Let the Next Adventure (Hangover?) Begin

By Sam Trailerman (after three cups of coffee and a stare-down with a bottle of vodka)…

When Pickleball Isn’t About the Pickle — Or the Ball

Photo Credit: Pickleball Connections FB By Dr Rahim Said  My wife and I walk past Social…

Old Wine in An Old Bottle

By S. Jayasankaran When he was 24, Paul Simon wrote Old Friends, a hauntingly beautiful song,…

Arsenal Must Find Tenacity and Break Runner-Up Curse

By Jeff Yong For two consecutive seasons, Arsenal have played scintillating football, pushed Manchester City to…

The Rock Goes on a Bender or Drinking Heavily

Smith to witness: “You mean he was as drunk as a judge.” Judge (interrupting): “You mean…

Dress Codes at Government Counters Are Malaysia’s Latest Unnecessary Drama

by Dr Rahim Said  Seriously, what does it matter how you dress as long as you…

Is Malaysia Now Trump’s Automotive Guru? Yes, Really!

By Dr Rahim Said In a twist no scriptwriter in Hollywood would dare sneak past a…

The Gift of No Regrets – It’s Never Too Late

by Dr Rahim Said  Regret at 85 is a little late, isn’t it? But the wonderful…

We’ve Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself

By S. Jayasankaran Erica Jong is an American novelist whose 1974 bestseller, Fear of Flying vividly…