TR EMERITUS

Dear Professor Bryan Caplan, I refer to your 3 Jan 2013 TR Emeritus posting "Democracy in Singapore". Although Singapore has several opposition parties, these are largely powerless parties with either little or no representation in parliament. There are no lack of examples of what you would consider serious violation of civil... 

The latest statement by Dr Teo Ho Pin, Coordinating Chairman of 14 PAP Town Councils, leaves much to be desired. The whole purpose of the statement should be to clarify the issue of AIM-gate: About PAP TCs selling a self-owned computer software to a $2 company owned by PAP and criticisms that by the sale the TCs failed to serve... 

There is a joke that when you go to a government doctor complaining of headache, you are prescribed Panadol. If you complain about leg pain, you get Panadol. If you have fever, you get Panadol … It is as if Panadol is a master-relief for all complaints. The above is of course just a joke. At least I hope so, even if you take...