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Last week, The Straits Times published an article on a survey done by the NUS Institute of Policy Studies: “Singaporeans feel country more democratic now than a decade ago, show support for system: Poll”. I hope Singaporeans, especially the younger ones, view it as propaganda than as a serious study of the state of democracy... 

The comedy of error that is circling around in Singapore although mind-boggling but amuses Singaporeans immensely, especially with the kind of dramatis personae. Let's start with the first class stand-up comedian Lee Hsien Loong. He retired as prime minister with a glorious record and our smart Aleck new PM Lawrence Wong appointed... 

America was propagated as the Great Nation in the last century when I was born, even though the world was technically still at war with the ongoing Cold War. When the Soviet Union block broke down, everyone thought it's going to be a New World Order with the Americans as the unquestionable the one and only one Super Power left...