Maybe the best thing that this government can do is to round up the most close-minded people that we have and give them a free trip to the places that they think we should emulate, says the writer.

We need to change how we think of others and ourselves if we want to compete with the larger world.

The columnist hopes the new government will focus on solving the country’s environmental issues.

And waiting for a government to be formed is a bit like playing Wordle, says the writer.

WELL, the silly season is upon us again. Along with interminable rain, we will now have to suffer a deluge of fanciful speeches, false promises and fake smiles.

Like many of us, the writer was also glued to the screen watching the funeral extravaganza of Queen Elizabeth II last Monday.

It is up to us to be vigilant and hold our leaders to higher standards of action to better our lives.

We need to deal with the inherent misogyny now before we lose even more Malaysian women to the rest of the world.

Just as the theme for this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, #BreakTheBias, highlights, we need to change our outmoded views on women.

These days political gaffes seem to come fast and furious until you develop a perpetual crick in the neck as you hold your head down so that you don’t have to face the raised eyebrows of disapproval from your overseas friends.

A lot, it seems, as some people simply get off on spinning giant controversies from innocuous things.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could peek inside the head of some of the more mind-boggling lawmakers?