By ANDREW LOH

Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad is a great man.

When Mahathir identified a problem, he had no qualms speaking up about it. He would courageously pursue the subject no matter how unpleasant or controversial it was. Proud and defiant, he didn’t give a damn what other people thought of him. All he knew was that he had a dilemma in his hands and that only he had the passion to resolve it. His motto might have very well been: “If someone has to do it, why not I?”

Problem is, why can’t I be like Mahathir? … Click here for the full article!

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by RACHEL LEOW

Lesson #2: Gerrymandering

Let’s say I challenge Ahmed to a competition in eating sweets. If he manages to eat 20 sweets, but I eat 21, I win. If he maintains at 20 sweets, and I eat 40 sweets, I still win. If in the last round, his score is still 20 sweets, and I somehow manage to stuff 300 sweets down my throat, I still win.

The excess sweets, in this scenario, are meaningless. Whether I consume 21 sweets or 300 sweets, I have still bested Ahmed. No amount of additional sweets thereafter will make the win any more of a win.

Similarly, if a given region in Malaysia is a Barisan Nasional stronghold … Click here for the full article!

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By MOHD HAFIZ NOOR SHAMS

Have you read a classic joke about the official language of the European Union?

If you haven’t, you must read it. Because Bahasa Melayu might face a similar fate … Click here for the full article!

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By JASON LIM

Observers, on several occasions, have pointed out that socio-political blogs in Malaysia tend to attract like-minded people who are only a minority of Malaysians. A tiny minority at that.

“Preaching to the choir,” they call it. Only people who have activism already thrusting in their veins would seek out websites like Malaysiakini and JeffOoi.com, and spend hours a day refreshing webpages to see if the witty-yet-intelligent comments they made appeared on blog-entries and whether anyone has been flaming their comments.

Why bother with the preaching … Click here for the full article!

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By ANA A.

I recently had a very interesting discussion with my alter ego about gay Malaysians.

“Wat you mean gay Malaysians? Of course la, Malaysia got a lot of gay people. Why not meh, weather is great, no big natural disasters, economy also can. Everybody happy lor!�

Alas, though the thought of a large gay population in Malaysia is pleasant … Click here for the full article!

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By ANDREW LOH

Once upon a time, there was a country named Aisyalam. Aisyalam was a very beautiful and diverse country with lots of nice and friendly people called Aisyalamians.

One day, quite suddenly, Aisyalam was covered with super thick haze from its neighbour Aisenodni. It became such a common annual event that Aisyalamians kept RM1 masks ready at hand for this expected annual phenomenon … Click here for the full article!

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By NG KHAI LEE

This article is a quick guide, which discusses the importance of having the right perspective, and provides examples of popular experiments, a few inspirational stories, advice, and some links for further reading.

Defining “Entrepreneur”: The Right Perspective

Don’t bother. Regardless of how you word “entrepreneur,â€? if you can imagine the attributes of an entrepreneur, and bother to list them down, it sets us on the same page. We also agree that you don’t necessarily have to own your own business to possess similar attributes … Click here for the full article!

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By RACHEL LEOW

Lesson #1: Malapportionment

The problem with the term “a bag of sweets” is that “bag” is a rather arbitrary quantifier. Given a large enough bag,

both the above count as “bags” of sweets, even though the bag on the right might contain nearly 10 times as many sweets as the one on the left.

The problem with the term “representative government” is that the term “representative” is arbitrary in just the same way … Click here for the full article!

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