Studying humanities will make the world a better place

Jim Leach has a personal conviction which has been the refrain of many a sage: To understand the present and the future, we have to look to the past.

Graft+ gifts = Gridlock

BEIJING - The Chinese capital's infamous traffic congestion has hit a new high before major holidays, and residents are blaming corruption for the near paralysis in the past week.

S'pore GP: Full disclosure, please

I AM dismayed that Singapore has committed itself to a further five years of Formula One ("Five more years for S'pore race", Sunday; and "F1 'to bring bigger benefits' in next lap", Tuesday).

Every school's a good school? Show, don't tell

When Education Minister Heng Swee Keat announced last week that secondary schools would no longer be placed in performance bands according to their results, it was hard to see how far this would work in persuading parents that every school is a good school.