Opinion: whistleblower hotlines need quarterly outcome metrics—not poster campaigns
Anonymity promises earn headlines; dismissal rates and retaliation audits rarely follow.
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Opinion: the vehicle-import matrix deserved a spreadsheet citizens can pivot
PDF walls hide marginal duty cliffs; exporters already live in relational data — why punish households?
Opinion: public transport deserves a decade, not an election cycle
Opinion: microgrid tariff clarity could unlock stalled mini-hydro retrofits
Developers stalled on evacuation assumptions; eighteen-month-old guidance memos contradict each other on paper.
Opinion: Sri Lanka dreams of rail — meanwhile platforms rot
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Opinion: stop arguing with anecdotes — Sri Lanka has the data now
Three new public datasets in the last year mean we no longer need to debate inflation, fuel, or migration with vibes alone.
Opinion: mangrove restoration needs outcome metrics critics can audit
Planting selfies make great reels; hectares gained not always net.
Opinion: the real cost of cheap news
When attention is the currency, the platforms that sell it cheapest end up shaping what we believe. There is a way out, but it starts with paying for journalism.
Opinion: we need a grown-up conversation on tax — both sides
The pre-2022 status quo was unsustainable. The current regime is regressive at the margin. Saying both is a precondition for fixing either.
Opinion: university autonomy chatter ignores funding algebra
Decentralisation without revenue instruments simply devolves austerity downward.
Opinion: paywalls are not the enemy of public-interest journalism
A reader-paid model produces newsrooms that work for readers. The advertising-paid model produced fifteen years of clickbait. The choice is now obvious.
Opinion: the crypto sandbox is noisy — usefulness still thin
Regulators opened sandboxes — now show me remittance UX average citizens actually touch.
Opinion: right-to-repair could trim e-waste if spare markets open
Grey component imports hobble longevity; formalising parts channels matters.
Opinion: digital forms without queue reform just move the bottleneck
Upload PDFs beautifully — citizen still wastes a day fetching token chits physically.
Opinion: heritage photo licensing paradox punishes historians
Archives levy fees that exceed graduate stipends yet claim public mission.
Opinion: open budget portals need companion chart literacy curricula
CSV dumps mesmerise geeks — median voter still lost without annotation.
Opinion: bring back exuberant footnote culture — online pages allow it
Hyperlinks orphaned mid-paragraph waste cognitive promise of digital longform.