Republished by The Malaysian Insider by Jennie S. Bev, Singapore Top world-class mayors are New York City’s...
Jakarta Post Articles
Urgency of Next Form of Democracy in Indonesia
by Jennie S. Bev, Santa Clara In Indonesia, political parties have started campaigning for next year’s...
Development Education and Global Citizenship
[Read directly on TheJakartaPost.com.] by Jennie S. Bev, Santa Clara We are small dots on the Earth and even...
Freedom, doing no harm, and a good life
by Jennie S. Bev John Stuart Mill, the 19th century British philosopher, was known for his utilitarianism concept. An...
It’s time to push for dual citizenship
by Jennie S. Bev A movement among Indonesians abroad to push for dual citizenship has started. Indonesian Ambassador...
Happy Year of the Dragon, a year of courage, prosperity
by Jennie S. Bev The Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 23, 2012, marking the start of the Year of the Dragon — a year of...
Don’t sleep through this global occupation
by Jennie S. Bev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Don’t sleep through the revolution”. Now is a crucial turning...
Obama: Three years later and Indonesia
by Jennie S. Bev My article, “Obama’s Campaign Promises and Us”, was published in The Jakarta Post on Sept. 17, 2008....
Indonesia’s state of democracy
by Jennie S. Bev Indonesia is a democracy, isn’t it? Some academics and pundits posit that it is a democracy by form,...
Productivity and the myth of laziness
by Jennie S. Bev Laziness is something we encounter every day, at home, at school and on the job site. We see lazy...
Therapeutic writings
by Jennie S. Bev In an interview with a tabloid, I once answered, “I write for the love of it. I do business for a...
Multiculturalism and pluralism: failed fad?
by Jennie S. Bev German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that multiculturalism in Europe has failed. Prior to that, Thilo...