Opinions

ICJR: Restricting Negative Contents Should be in Accordance with Law Procedures

In 2004, The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) issued Ministerial Regulations (Peraturan Menteri) No. 19 Year 2014 dealing with abroad of sites...

Breaking down trickle down economics

uch has been said about trickle down economics but not much has been studied about it. Politicians and even intellectuals have used the term plenty of...

Protecting Freedom of Expression

The current allegations towards Sukmawati Soekarnoputri on her poem of ‘Indonesian Mother” during the celebration of ’29 Years of Anne Avantie’s Contribution’ at Indonesian...

The Dignity of the House of Representatives and the new MD3 law

arly this year in Indonesia, the House of Representatives (“DPR”) passed a law which stipulates that the House’s ethics council (“MKD”) can take legal...

Does Trump’s Victory Bring a Disaster?

o one predicted Trump’s victory over Hillary. After been convincingly polled defeated by Hillary in three debates, it seemed that everyone was convinced that...

Come Back Home, Buya

I have two academic articles regarding the subject of Prof. Dr. Syafii Maarif, or whom we friendly call Buya. Put all the controversies about...