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The emasculation of the judiciary in 1988 is coming back to haunt the country. SUGU explains why even as he applauds a senior lawyer's recent attempt to prod the national conscience.

A new report reveals that Iranians led the Americans into disposing their arch-nemesis Saddam Hussein. SUGU says this has got the US reeling like a punch-drunked boxer with Teheran delighting on how brains prevailed over brawn.

The early part of retirement, as SUGU found out, can be a testing period. The daily routine is gone and there is that rather frustrating role of a passive observer of life passing by. But there are also interesting outlets...

Moving houses can be a dramatic experience but SUGU, who is forced to 'flee' his old home, finds a little solace in nature.

The word has been said, now the deed must be done, says SUGU, who also draws a parallel between Malaysia and the fascist state.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi can do the country and himself a big favour by re-introducing local government elections, says SUGU.

Politicians here, notes SUGU, have a penchant for these two words, conveniently forgetting that it is they who owe a great debt of gratitude to the public for allowing them gainful employment.

Time has not stood still within the arms race, as SUGU finds out in comparing scenarios between the dropping of the atom bomb on two Japanese cities and the invasion of Iraq.

Pak Lah's actual work, says SUGU, would only begin after he leads a convincing win for the Barisan Nasional at the polls as a resounding endorsement.

There was a time when the air was fresher and the rivers clear. SUGU, who remembers those days well, is now concerned about the future.

Two years on from the Sept 11 attacks in the US, some Americans are still no closer to taking an interest in what makes the rest of the world tick, writes SUGU.

Why are so many Malaysian graduates unemployed? SUGU points out that political expediency has taken priority over a sound education system and this has caused the churning out of unmarketable people.