Upon leaving, I realise I’ve become so connected with my country, that I’m afraid I’ll come back to find that it’s changed

Our belief that we can innovate ourselves out of real-world crises may lead us astray

HDB, CPF, PSLE and LKY: few nations do acronyms as well as Singapore. Why acronyms thrive, and why they refuse to die

…and every election for another half-century. Three reasons behind the persistent success of one of the world’s most long-ruling parties

We’re told that the PAP’s leadership renewal brings “new faces” and “fresh blood”. Is this really good for Singapore’s political future? Is it fair play for new candidates? Or is it more of the same?

You would expect me to be the kind of person to like and support a candidate like Ms Tin Pei Ling. But I don’t. What I’d like to see, but don’t, is some evidence – any evidence! – that the candidate now vying for my vote actually has any of her purported merits.

Marginalising insects is part of a poor prejudice It is easy to see how increasing similarity to an organism bears a correlation to our opinion of it. Primates easily elicit the greatest human empathy, and mammals in general elicit a positive response. As we go further back through the phylogenetic tree, we see a general [...]

Who said marriage was forever? Before we begin, let’s make it quite clear: I’m not an ultra-liberal, bra-burning feminist out to overturn social norms for the sake of overturning them; not making a personal pledge to never marry for the rest of my life; not inclined toward homosexuality. The Swedes and Danes have long branded [...]