18 May 2021
Who should we blame for Singapore's second Covid lockdown?
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Ship of fools, woodcut, 1494 Basel Singapore returned to a state of lockdown on 8 May 2021. With all indoor sports, indoor dining, mandatory...
13 January 2021
Can we live together with TraceTogether?
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Why is trust in TraceTogether at an all-time low? Singaporeans should be celebrating. After nearly a year of lockdown, Singapore has entered...
28 August 2020
You chose Tan Kin Lian!
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In polling booths across Singapore, Tan Kin Lian is chosen by a slim margin as Singapore's 5th Elected President. Few suspect it, but ...
You chose Ng Kok Song!
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In polling booths across Singapore, Ng Kok Song is chosen by a slim majority of the votes as Singapore's 5th Elected President. Few susp...
You chose Tharman Shanmugaratnam!
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In polling booths across Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam is chosen with more than 50% of the votes as Singapore's 5th Elected Presiden...
05 July 2020
Can the PAP run on its Covid-19 performance and plans in a Covid-19 election?
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What should this year's elections be about? Singapore's general election campaign seasons tend to follow a general pattern: An initi...
03 July 2020
Modelling the 2020 Singapore General Election
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Will this be a game of chess, or a game of twister? Choose wisely when you play with Death! When its prime minister Lee Hsien Loong called f...
08 June 2020
Where was Singapore's Prime Minister during the Covid-19 crisis?
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On 7 June 2020, Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong made a national broadcast. In his half hour address to the nation , the prime minis...
19 May 2020
What can Singapore learn from other countries on Covid-19?
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Does Singapore still have an advantage in the lockdown era? On 3 April 2020, Singapore became one of the last major economies of the world...
05 May 2020
What can Singapore do about its dormitory population?
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Are guest workers a hidden and permanent underclass in Singapore? "S11", a dormitory or worker camp in Singapore Photographer...
26 April 2020
Was Singapore just unlucky in its coronavirus fight?
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For want of a nail? Singapore's coronavirus response has been lauded as a golden standard for the international community , an oasis o...
08 April 2020
Can Singapore's politicians listen to the experts?
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We established in our previous post that panic buying is a human response to crisis. Panic is fed by the trio of fear, uncertainty, and dou...
19 March 2020
Did Singapore do everything right in the coronavirus epidemic?
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Even in the developing global Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, the nation state of Singapore punches above its weight when the main action takes ...
20 August 2019
What is the rational solution to the Hong Kong protests?
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Thanks to Singapore's authoritarian and paternalistic leadership, its activists have never had a chance to commandeer a successful ne...
14 August 2019
Are the Hong Kong protests unjustified, pointless, and futile?
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Does this fate await Hong Kong? Why would its people protest knowing this will happen? (cartoon copyright of https://latuffcartoons.wor...
15 May 2019
How will Singapore's leaders use its new Fake News law?
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On 8 May 2019 , the Singapore parliament passed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulations bill into law. As of the time of the...
24 April 2019
Can Singapore's leaders be trusted to enact a Fake News law?
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Barely half a year after public hearings conducted by the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods and its report presented to par...
16 February 2019
Does Singapore's Ministry of Health deserve immunity for data breach?
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Singapore's largest data breach happened in July 2018 when a government hospital became the target of cyber-hackers . It is believed th...
29 January 2019
Should heads roll for Singapore army's training deaths?
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Barely months after making reassuring noises in parliament about how safety is a top priority of training in the Singapore Armed Forces (SA...
05 November 2018
Should permanent residents and dual citizens serve national service in Singapore?
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Minister of Defence Ng Eg Hen previously made nice comforting noises (otherwise known as motherhood statements) in parliament about how safe...
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