TR EMERITUS

Friends, The quotes below come from a piece that should be read carefully and pondered over: “Can the Internet democratize capitalism?” by Yanis Varoufakis. The essay first appeared on his blog. Quote 1: Singaporean workers have no real political freedoms (e.g. no free press). Their citizenship is curtailed by an oppressive... 

I refer to the 4 Feb 2014 Straits Times letter “Maritime heritage centre would be ideal 50th birthday gift” by Mr K. Kesavapany. Mr Kesavapany regards the Maritime Heritage Centre as an ideal 50th ‘birthday’ gift for Singapore because Singapore owes its existence to its maritime past. But Singapore’s maritime past... 

I refer to Albert Lim’s Third TR Emeritus response on 6 Jan 2014. [ LINK ] Mr Lim provides just two examples – Jane Fonda and the husband and wife team of Bill Ayers and Benadine Dorhrn and expects us to believe that the anti-Vietnam war protests were communist led when there were in fact many other groups involved: •...