by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 17, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Governance, World Issues
When asked as to what he thought of the possibility of war in Iraq, Bono, lead singer of rock group U2 said: “We do not want to make a martyr out of Saddam Hussein. Its not the ’60s. We have complex problems. We need new solutions.” Bono pointed out...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 13, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Suffering, Violence, World Issues
I lost a wife to lung cancer. After been touched by pain and tragedy I can never again be glib about the pain of others. On the anniversary of September 11th I look afresh at the impossible pictures. It is too much. The pain represented there is way too much for me to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 26, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Justice, World Issues
He had worked for the company for the better part of a decade. Although he was a just a junior partner, his technical expertise and networking abilities had been instrumental in making his company the leader in its field. The company was going for an IPO. He was about...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 7, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Justice, Violence, World Issues
“Be quiet or we will shoot you all!” By now the 21 hostages taken from Sipadan Island by the Abu Sayyaf would have gone through 19+ days of captivity. Hostages go through well documented phases depending on how long they are in captivity – shock,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 15, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Ethics, World Issues
Please read the following: “It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and Dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 11, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Violence, World Issues
Remember the Marshall plan? Named after the then U.S. Secretary of State, George C. Marshall(1947), it was a financial aid programme funded by the United States, “for the recovery of war-devastated Europe: former Allies, belligerents and neutrals…all that...
