28 July 2005

Wednesday July 27, 2005Globalisation of fearBy MARINA MAHATHIRWhen we hear the word “globalisation”, we think immediately of McDonald’s and Starbucks, and moan the fact that it seems to go only one way. True globalisation will probably only exist when people can buy nasi lemak at corner stalls in New York. But one aspect of globalisation hardly ever merits a mention. And that is the globalisation...

04 July 2005

Words of warWednesday June 29, 2005By MARINA MAHATHIR Maybe we should just blame George Bush. The man who started the very abstract war on terrorism that then morphed into a very real war on people can surely be held responsible for the prevailing obsession with being war-like about everything. Or maybe, he should at least be blamed for a general pervasive macho-ness all over the world, all swagger...