TR EMERITUS

I’ve just become the husband of a beauty queen. On Thursday, 31 August, 2023, my wife was crowned “World Madam 2023, Singapore Division.” It was a contest that she had entered a few months ago and she’s hopping that the contest will bring her to greater things. I bring up the topic of my wife because Vietnamese girls,... 

I don’t think it comes as a surprise to anyone that I had initially planned to vote for Mr Tan Kin Lian in this Presidential Election. But after hearing Mr Tan’s utterances on some issues over the past week, I found myself (and I suspect like many of you) wavering in my support of his candidacy. I am not enthusiastic, for... 

Did ridiculers & hecklers have a role in this EP election? Clearly yes. A list of the perpetrators has already begun to emerge, including class-based resentments, the shameful social media, democratic infighting, elitism, and sexism. We should be prepared for a new, expressive somberness now that the luxury of sarcastic...