the state we’re in
First published, 20th March 2020Is there something rotten in the state of the state? The Covid-19 ‘thing’ is possibly the biggest test of blind faith in the so-called social contract we, the present generations, have ever had to endure. It’s so significantly unsettling, to all but the most zealous doorstep applauding dupes, that a glance back…
philosopher kings and collateral damage
First posted, 7th April 2021Plato was probably a fool. The reason this is a fair assertion is because, unlike his mentor, he failed to understand that it is not the role of the philosopher to proselytise but to question. But that Plato was a fool is easier to accept if we are able to appreciate…
church of the minorities
First posted, 18th August 2023There was this guy who came into my classroom at a school in Malaysia. He insisted that I should wear the house colours for the next inter-house competition. The students had to wear the purple and white harlequin polo shirts, so it was only right that the staff did too. He…
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