For this columnist, the nation’s independence is our own personal and individual independence and independent responsibility.

When a professor’s work is reduced to KPI numbers and ringgit and sen, can it really contribute to society?

Seasonal affective disorder, when people don’t get enough sun during winter and become depressed, is actually a thing. Here, we get so much sunlight, yet we’re not making sure our kids get enough of it.

A permissive culture of allowing crude, sexist and racist comments to be made without much censure has created a house of representatives that can be far from august.