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I HAVE a confession to make. Shortly after his death, I bought a copy of The Essential Michael Jackson, an album produced five years ago. Listening again to Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Off The Wall, Billie Jean, Beat It, Thriller, Bad, Black or White, You Are Not Alone and Earth Song brought back memories of the 1980s and 90s when Michael was the biggest thing in popular culture.

IN a mere week, it will be here. The 100th-Day mark. That big, fat and fuzzy benchmark that all presidents and prime ministers dread because they really, really want to get a good grade. But why 100 days? What exactly happens in that three-and-a-half months, and how did it come to fame?

IT is probably just as well that talk of a broader-based unity government has remained just that since the country is not in a situation where no group is able to govern alone, or where war or other crises demand that everyone rallies around the government of the day. However, since democracy should be about creating open spaces for the discussion of matters of public interest, any and every possibility for dialogue which disposes us to view the political passions of the day from a wider and less dogmatic perspective should be pursued unremittingly. We need no reminder how deeply and bitterly…

THE three parties competing in Indonesia's presidential election next week have plastered Jakarta with campaign billboards and posters depicting, predictably, their presidential and vice-presidential choices looking self-confident.

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 80 per cent of court cases in Malaysia are conducted in Malay, with more seniors lawyers opting to speak in the national language. But young lawyers are struggling to do the same.