Monthly Archives: April 2013

Are Modern Men Manly Enough?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by klorius

Are Modern Men Manly Enough? July 17, 2012 Written by Abigail Collazo This weekend’s New York Times “Room for Debate” asks whether today’s men are ‘manly enough’: “A-list actors are getting facials in “Mansome,” Morgan Spurlock’s newest documentary, and pumping their waxed chests in Steven Soderbergh’s “Magic … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | Tagged gender, gender roles, stereotypes | 8 Comments

Why Isn’t Better Education Giving Women More Power?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by klorius

Why Isn’t Better Education Giving Women More Power? The false egalitarian promise of advanced degrees Garance Franke-Ruta Mar 20 2013, 9:50 PM ET Walter Newton In her new book, Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, recounts a warning … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | Tagged education, employment, equality, gender | 6 Comments

VOTE FOR US AND GET MORE CASH, BN TELLS MALAYSIA

Posted on April 12, 2013 by jonyeoh

Aidila Razak The atmosphere was electric at Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil today as BN told Malaysians that it will dish out more cash if the nation votes them back into power. In its manifesto launched tonight, BN said the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Lesson for 12 Apr 2013: Singapore’s ageing population and policy responses

Posted on April 12, 2013 by klorius

For this lesson, your job will be to read through the given materials, and then provide a response in the form of at least two (more is of course fine) substantive comments to this post by the end of the lesson. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Lesson, Singapore | Tagged ageing, economics, immigration, media, Politics, population, Singapore | 23 Comments

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All

Posted on April 9, 2013 by klorius

The Atlantic: JULY/AUGUST 2012 Why Women Still Can’t Have It All It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | Tagged family, feminism, gender, women, work, work-life balance | 6 Comments

Greece passes new law to spur investment, boost tourism

Posted on April 8, 2013 by jonyeoh

ATHENS | Thu Apr 4, 2013 6:54pm (Reuters) – The Greek parliament approved legislation late on Thursday to boost private investment, a key condition to get the crisis-struck country out of its worst-ever peacetime recession. The new investment incentive law … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Politics | 3 Comments

How Gay Marriage Won

Posted on April 7, 2013 by nicotingreen

How Gay Marriage Won By David von Drehle March 28, 2013 Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/03/28/how-gay-marriage-won/#ixzz2PltCu3KS Eager to be eyewitnesses to history, people camped for days in the dismal cold, shivering in the slanting shadow of the Capitol dome, to claim tickets … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 14 Comments

Cyberbunker vs Spamhaus: Can EU protect the internet ?

Posted on April 7, 2013 by yw1127

Since March 26, 2013, Cyberbunker, a Dutch company, which provides hosting services, has been carrying out cyberattack of vast proportion against Spamhaus, a no profit organization that distributes a blacklist of spammers to e-mail providers, affecting millions of people across … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Crime, cyberattacks, EU, media | 3 Comments