John Gee
Beyond Adolescence
WITH its story of a boy accused of murdering a girl after his mind is poisoned through his social media reading, the...
Tariffs and the US’ fentanyl problem
THE tariffs that US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap on his country’s three largest trading partners have been justified, in...
Superheroes checked
Where it once made moviegoers believe “a man can fly!”, CGI no longer dazzles these days, especially if the film’s script and...
US election points to growing public alienation
More Americans chose not to vote than cast their ballot for Trump or Harris
Britain votes
IN BRITAIN, there’s a time in late summer when media people talk about being in the “silly season”. That’s when there does...
Even hardcore nationalists would have no appetite for taking foreign food off the menu
Nationalism seems to be on the rise – but a thought experiment shows how absurd its underpinnings are
The absurdity of ‘sovereign citizens’
IN SINGAPORE, there have been at least three recent legal cases where a defendant has claimed to be a “sovereign citizen”. This...
Winning the war against drug abuse
SOME 500,000 people die each year from drug abuse, says the World Health Organization. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Epidemic preparedness: No template
WITH the World Health Organisation saying that the end of the Covid pandemic is within sight and most anti-pandemic measures globally having...