Friday, October 11, 2013

Book-burning: Start of a slippery slope

My gripes with online wrath

HAVING been an avid Internet user since its inception, I've come to realise there are three universal rules governing cyberspace.

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

We were not burning textbooks, says Kiss92 DJ

THE parent who organised the burning of homework to celebrate the end of his son's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) clarified yesterday that textbooks had not been set on fire.

Govt agencies' new goal - write simply, with sincerity

HELP wanted: Government agency wants to communicate simply with sincerity and empathy with the public, but does not know how.

Sunday, October 06, 2013

S Lanka Prabhakaran bunker destroyed

S Lanka Prabhakaran bunker destroyed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24402355

Saturday, October 05, 2013

The incredible predictive power of Tom Clancy's novels

BEFORE Tom Clancy became an international publishing phenomenon, he was just another insurance salesman, working out of Baltimore and dreaming of a life as an author. With the arrival of his debut novel, The Hunt for Red October, in 1984, that dream suddenly became a reality, establishing the man with the aviator sunglasses and the Navy baseball hats as a perpetual presence on best-seller lists.

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Syria deal no utopia for international law

TWO cheers for international law!