The Fabrication of History

07Jul08

Don’t believe everything you see.
What is history?
It connotes some kind of “official” account of a past that is often seen as “the truth” because it has been verified by historians who practice certain methods that help to determine its validity.
This is probably the single defining factor that distinguishes “history” from two other accounts of the [...]

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The abuse of history

18Feb08

If there was anymore evidence on the pragmatism of our leaders when Singapore was first founded, this has got to encapsulate it.
The ability to construct the myth of Singapore from out of nothing is I think one of the most understated function of the People’s Action Party. We were a country that was never meant [...]

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