Anna Karenina 27 Aug 2013 | 03:05 pm

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This may be Tolstoy’s most famous words. With good reason. They stay with you for a long time. A very long time. The len...

Driverless in Singapore 22 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am

I’ve long believed that Singapore would be one of the first country to allow driver-less vehicles on its roads. So I was quite excited when I read about the first driverless vehicle trial this morning...

War & Hell 15 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm

“War is war and hell is hell, and of the 2, war is a lot worse.” “Why is that?” “Who goes to hell Father?” “Sinners, I suppose.” “Exactly, in hell there are no innocent bystanders, war is chock full o...

The Epicurean paradox 11 Jun 2013 | 10:40 am

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able no...

Consider Phlebas 10 Jun 2013 | 09:39 am

Iain M. Banks came highly recommended by a few friends and as I had yet to read one of his book, I picked up Consider Phlebas with high hopes. As a space opera read it did not disappoint, but neither ...

Genetic testing : insurances’ Pandora’s box 4 Jun 2013 | 09:20 am

Angelina Jolie is no stranger to the headlines. Her recent decision to have a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation got a lot of people talking about breast-c...

Expat of the World 22 May 2013 | 11:01 am

Invest in Life 21 May 2013 | 08:10 pm

Health care costs are always plotted against life expectancy as though this showed some sort of efficiency. In reality, a relatively small fraction (probably 10-20%) of healthcare costs have a large i...

Brave New World 10 May 2013 | 07:40 am

I am in a sci-fi kind of mood in recent weeks. So I decided to catch up with the classics. I can now happily tick Brave New World (BNW) off my list. Written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley, BNW is often comp...

Brave New World 10 May 2013 | 07:40 am

I am in a sci-fi kind of mood in recent weeks. So I decided to catch up with the classics. I can now happily tick Brave New World (BNW) off my list. Written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley, BNW is often comp...