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Singapore adopts a so-called light touch approach to regulating online activity, which means only “minimum standards are set for the responsible use of the Internet.” But for media freedom advocates, this framework is no different from the policies of other countries that practice outright Internet censorship. The case of... 

(6 Dec) - In response to the fracas over underlying racial tensions in American politics currently underway between Jonathan Chait, Quin Hillyer, Ross Douthat, et al, here's a (not sufficiently) brief parable. In 2000 I moved to the West African country of Togo for a few years, and it helped me figure some stuff out. While I... 

Riot in Singapore's Little India district, Dec 8(21 Dec) -  It’s a question of class. No trace of the anger that fuels India’s reaction to the outrageous treatment of Devyani Khobragade can be found in the response to the December 8 riot in Singapore’s Little India. Yet the episode’s cause and effect bear on thousands...