When a woman is raped, who is responsible? An ostensibly simple question, but ‘responsible’ has many meanings, and supporters of SlutWalk seem to use different definitions. The inconsistencies of SlutWalk betray a greater crisis: the way we selectively fight for our beliefs for issues we care about more deeply, while pretending the rest don’t exist.

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

Singapore is not and will not become London. But even safe and secure Singapore should have something to learn from London’s dimming light.

There has never really been a global recovery since 2008, only a big and desperate gamble to spend our way out. But it’s not just about the money, money, money

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

Multi-racialism coerces Singaporeans to accept racial identities they have already shed. Policy needs to move with society, not lag behind it. Yet deluding ourselves that race is no longer an issue is dangerously out of step with reality. Is there a compromise?

Homosexuality is broadly rejected by Christian churches as being an affront to Christ and a sin in the Bible. Where we went wrong, how the Church can heal, and why homosexuality must be accepted.

*Terms and conditions apply. A miracle is often a hugely transformative phenomenon: for both the subject and group it is related to, it reinforces their faith in existence and benevolence of the paranormal. Miracles are powerful credibility boosters: they confirm the constant existence of divinity in our lives; they make God relevant to everyone. This [...]

Why our national policy toward sport doesn’t work Singapore netball has received a new boost in the form of 1.96m tall Chen Lili, who should strike fear into opposing shooters. Along with Li Ling, who stands at 1.88m, they are expected to bring the netball national team to (the pun will be painful, but necessary) [...]

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 [...]

… and our regional identity This is truly a month to feel Singaporean. With National Day, there is an undeniable sense of that-time-of-year patriotism in the air: the ubiquitous HDB corridors lined with neat rows of flags, the theme song incessantly playing on television, as well as uniformed and school groups rehearsing non-stop for the [...]

Psst… Elvis is still alive. Conspiracy theories and I go back a long way. Thanks to my father’s fascination with UFO theories, I grew up around shelves filled with books with titles like “Unexplained Mysteries” and “The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Stories”. Instead of telling me bedtime stories from children’s books, my father spun tales [...]

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 [...]

There is nothing inherently wrong with propaganda. But Singapore’s intrepid propaganda machine may well become the victim of its own success.

How can a pastor’s wife live in Hollywood Hill in L.A.? The recent investigation into City Harvest Church evoked strong responses. Big Religion and Big Finance may seem incompatible, but they can – and must – go together.

From the surface, it would appear that we are accepting as a culture. We recognise people’s needs, even if they’re straight or gay. But as a result, we tend to judge other people by their sexual preference. Hence, the space that our culture gives to indulging in sex, limits our ability to understand what sex means to us.

Understanding makes us realise that we’re not so different, after all.

The world has definitely grown smaller. The number of fans that now make their way from around the world to support their teams in Africa would not have been imaginable two or three decades ago, and neither would the immense numbers that have watched this World Cup live on television. These changes merely point to the undeniable fact that the World Cup is a different ball game today.

It is ironic that while the need for environmental awareness has only been increasing in recent years, it is the lack of just that which now plagues our society.