Men in White silent on key historical issues, say scholars

Jan. 19 | Wong Chun Han / Pictures courtesy of Asia Research Institute, NUS   Rather than shedding light on the unfamiliar chapters of Singapore’s political history, the authors and publishers of Men in White have kept readers in the dark in some regards,...

Young Singaporeans reading history and the politics of age

Jan. 2 | The following is Mr Loh Kah Seng‘s speech at the 2009 Year In Review forum at the Post Museum. 2009 was a return to history. Men in White, written by three Straits Times journalists, appeared noisily in September, purporting to tell the ‘untold...

Sucking demigods’ toes

Nov. 12 | I sometimes wonder why people don’t seem to feel embarrassed. They hold high positions; they can’t be stupid to have gotten to where they are. Yet they kowtow to their political masters so low, they not only kiss their feet, but suck their...

Men In White – “No-holds-barred report” on PAP?

Sep. 3 | From Martyn See’s blog, Singapore Rebel: “It was a no-holds-barred report”, gloats Richard Lim, one of three senior journalists who were commissioned to write the history of the People’s Action Party in a new book entitled Men In White,...