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Abstracts of essays; news; announcements; short takes.
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- Yawning Bread Sampler
- This blog carries summary abstracts of Yawning Bread essays, with space for comments.
Here too are other tidbits that are too short for the main Yawning Bread site.
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January
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- Performing law
- Renckens' wrenching idea
- Catholic adoption agencies demand exemption from s...
- Half of younger Singaporeans consider homosexualit...
- Saint Jack slays two myths
- The youthful and the idealistic: The University of...
- Sir, may I have the can please?
- Why non-violence is not mischief
- Temasek Holdings stews in familiar juice
- The eye that popped up from nowhere
- Man at faregate refutes creationism
- We are all collaborators now
- New Year fireworks
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>demonstrate that the oppressor is after all, amenable to change. The second is that 'foreign talent'
sorry I dont see how these issues are reflected in your st jack discussion
the "system" does adapt, in fact it now controls more than before, and does so more skilfully; the many areas that used to be ignored are today not so
Rolling back policies? Only when it benefits the Government.
For the regime, allowing this film to be distributed is killing two birds with one stone.
On one hand, it helps present a softer and more tolerant image of the ruling party; on the other hand, bringing back images and memories of Singapore's tumultous past actually glorifies the PAP's post-independence achievements, much part of "National Education".
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