June 20, 2010 COMMENT Wisdom and the Educational Revolution by James Campbell (jamesca@deakin.edu.au) AMBROSE Bierce wrote in The Devil’s Dictionary that education can be defined as “that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding”. The suggestion made by Bierce is that education itself does not develop wisdom but [...]
Archive for June 2010
Wisdom and The Educational Revolution
June 20, 2010Essence of Values
June 20, 2010June 20, 2010 Essence of values by Professor Dzulkifli Razak* RECENTLY, I made a presentation entitled Reinventing Science at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia Inaugural Lectures. The crux of the talk was h ow Science, over the years, has become a mere tool of economic utility under the banner “commercialisation”. In an era of knowledge [...]
Nazir Razak: DEB perlu dikaji semula
June 20, 2010June 20, 2010 www.the malaysiainsider.com Nazir: DEB gagal capai matlamat, perlu dikaji semula Datuk Seri Nazir Razak, anak perdana menteri kedua berkata, sudah tiba masanya kerajaan mengkaji semula Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) kerana hilang tujuan untuk mencapai matlamat asal dan disalah guna oleh pihak tertentu. Adik kepada perdana menteri semasa itu berkata, kajian itu memandangkan [...]
To All Dads, Happy Fathers’ Day
June 20, 2010June 20, 2010 Great Fathers’ Day To All Fathers, and Grandfathers too, Happy Fathers’ Day to all Dads–and Grand Dads too– wherever you may be right now. Thanks for visiting this blog and your generous comments. We, Kamsiah and I, have been educated by your comments and ideas. This number by Madonna is brought to [...]
Jui Meng:”I will not back down”
June 20, 2010June 20, 2010 Jui Meng will not surrender his fight for Democracy, Freedom and Justice By Stephanie Sta Maria (www.freemalaysiatoday.com) PETALING JAYA: The Johor palace has asked Chua Jui Ming to return all three medals conferred on him by the late Sultan of Johor despite initially revoking only two. Chua was last week stripped of [...]
Tengku Raleigh on Dangers of Corruption
June 19, 2010June 19, 2010 www.malaysiakini.com Corruption is that steals from the poor… and destroys trust, says Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Below are excerpts of the speech by UMNO veteran politician Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the launch of ‘The Shafee Yahaya Story – Estate Boy to ACA Chief’, a book written by Shafee’s wife Kalsom Taib. The word [...]
Stephen Spender: I think continually
June 19, 2010June 19, 2010 I Think Continually–Stephen Spender I have not been posting poems on this blog for quite a while. I thought I should do so today to say thanks in a poetic way to my blogging friends like Frank, Bean, Tean, Menyalak-er, Kakrubi56, Tok Cik, Danieldaud, and Siti Khatijah and Maureen et.el. They are [...]
Deficit Hawks are Hypocrites
June 19, 2010June 19, 2010 Deficit Hawks are Hypocrites (http://sakmongkol.blogspot.com/) In my time, I was very concerned about cumulative deficits. My reservations were anchored on the suspicions that deficit spending may be due to financial indiscipline and financial indiscretions. Departments writing their budgets wanting to buy things or enlarging departments without actually using the additional expenditure. Budget [...]
Myanmar and ASEAN: “Selective Engagement”
June 19, 2010June 19, 2010 www.nst.com.my Myanmar and ASEAN: “Selective Engagement” Experts at the 24th Asia-Pacific Roundtable believe a concerted and targeted approach can bring change to Myanmar, writes SANTHA OORJITHAM. WHEN he was posted to Myanmar as Malaysia’s Ambassador in 1992, Datuk John Tenewi Nuek called on almost all its senior military leaders, including Senior General [...]
“Najib and I are reformists”, says Khairy Jamaluddin
June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 “Najib and I are reformists”, says Khairy Jamaluddin by Wong Teck Chi UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin defended the controversial decision by the federal government to retain the 30 percent bumiputera equity target in the recent 10th Malaysia Plan during a forum yesterday evening. While admitting it is to comfort “some people”, [...]
That ’30s Feeling
June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 Op-Ed Columnist That ’30s Feeling by Paul Krugman Published: June 17, 2010 BERLIN Suddenly, creating jobs is out, inflicting pain is in. Condemning deficits and refusing to help a still-struggling economy has become the new fashion everywhere, including the United States, where 52 senators voted against extending aid to the unemployed despite [...]
The Philippines under NoyNoy: Change possible?
June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 www.nst.com.my Will the Philippines change under Noynoy as President? by John Teo ON June 30, President Benigno Aquino III will take occupancy of Manila’s riverside Malacanang Palace for six years and Philippine politics will have come full circle. Senator Ferdinand Marcos Junior will be sitting in the Philippine Congress in nearby Quezon [...]
Tian Chua caught in a lacuna
June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 Tian Chua: Lawyers to meet the Judge The uncertain saga plaguing Batu MP Tian Chua’s status as a parliamentarian may come to light as lawyers representing him are expected to meet High Court judge Ghazali Cha today. They are seeking clarification on justice Ghazali’s judgment yesterday where some lawyers have argued that [...]
Israel: The Last Frontier of Global Peace
June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 Israel: The Last Frontier of Global Peace by Tunku A. Aziz (http://tunku-aziz.org/)–June 12, 2010 I suppose it is good to know that you are the God’s chosen, as the Israelis obviously do, and don’t they flaunt their special position! They believe that not only is God on their side, but, better still, [...]
Stop the “low road” of personal attacks
June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 www.malaysiakini.com Stop the “low road” of personal attacks on Anwar Ibrahim By Terence Netto MP for Bayan Baru Zahrain Mohd Hashim was today advised by a former long-time comrade against taking the “low road” of personal attacks on Anwar Ibrahim. Penang state executive councilor Abdul Malik Abul Kassim (left), who has been [...]
Eli back in the news, thanks to Zahrain
June 17, 2010June 17, 2010 Elizabeth Wong is back in the news by Stephanie Sta Maria Selangor state executive councillor and Bukit Lanjan rep Elizabeth Wong has called the resurfacing of her sex scandal a ‘discrimination and prejudice against women victims’. “It comes as no surprise that Barisan Nasional continues to subject me to political violence by [...]
Anwar slams Zahrain
June 17, 2010June 17, 2010 Anwar Ibrahim defends Elizabeth Wong and slams Batu Bawan MP Zahrain Hashim by Clara Chooi PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim denied today that he possessed or had watched an illicit video allegedly of Bukit Lanjan assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong performing a sex act. Anwar slammed his former party comrade Datuk [...]
