Asia Sentinel

Here's what we learn from the NSA "whistleblower"

  • Two recent government decisions display bureaucratic folly

  • Maintaining amusement, constructing dominant beliefs

  • The Art of Hiding and Being Undetectable

Readers of the Wandering Palate may have noticed that I rarely write negative reviews on restaurants, with a self-compliance adopting the old adage "If you've got nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. " Furthermore, I find it best to refrain from criticizing the work of other journalists or publications out of respect for both their opinion and avoiding conflicts of interest.

  • The barriers are very high

  • It is highly unlikely either former PM Abhisit or his deputy will ever spend a day in jail

Francoise Hardy’s magical rendition of a couple of very poetic French songs has plucked at my heartstrings and put me in translation mode. ...

  • Functional security organization needed for survival in the 21st century

I've just completed an online booking for air travel between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and perplexed not only at the extortionate cost of the airfare but more so, the deceiving if not despicable means of using fuel surcharges that turn a purportedly low-cost fare into a decidedly high-cost fare by means of fake additional charges. ...