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Dear reader, Letters. It’s great to see this page gaining traction, a sign that more of you are engaging with our pieces—and also with each other. This week, Eliza Thomas has written the latest response to “I object: mental illness is not a crime” by Chan Li Shan....
Dear reader, Before we discuss this week’s content, I just want to say that we’ve heard you. We know that you want more events, especially in-person ones. Our last Jom Cakap, featuring three of Asia’s best journalists, drew almost 200 people. We felt the love. Our next...
Dear reader, In “Singapore This Week”, we start by critically examining two social media posts this past week. One is a video put out by our rising influencer of a president, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. How visible on social media should our president be? And which issues and personalities should he be...
Dear reader, In “Singapore This Week”, we analyse the event that’s enlivened some Singaporeans, and enraged others, in a possible general election (GE) year: the Attorney-General’s Chambers has charged Pritam Singh, the Workers’ Party chief and leader of the opposition, with two counts of lying to a parliamentary...
Dear reader, We’ve got an announcement about our new head of content at the end of this newsletter, but first: what can Singapore learn from efforts globally to recognise and improve indigenous rights? How can we do so in a way that’s inclusive, that’s cognisant of successive...
Dear reader, * Jom’s essay of the week: “Wild Rice’s ‘Hotel’: how do we host our histories?” by Corrie Tan, our arts editor, does what great criticism should—interrogate a piece of work to reveal deeper truths about its essence, thereby creating a space where artists, critics, theatre-goers, and...
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