The heads and tails of the matter

by Eyes Wide Open One of the earliest to break the cow’s head protest story was The Malaysian Insider. Their report was complete with photos, motives and names of the protest leaders. It also…

No choice but to live in harmony

“Racial tensions have risen in recent years amid complaints by the minorities that their rights are being eroded along with the rising influence of Islamic hard-liners,” the AFP report…

The Cow Head and the herd mentality

The cow head incident.This incident is the most talked about presently. A group of people, after performing Friday prayers, marched to the government secretariat building with a severed cow head.

Speaker: Don’t attend meeting

(Malaysian Mirror) - Perak assembly Speaker R Ganesan said it is not necessary for members of the House to attend a sitting on Wednesday, which he said was called by an unauthoritative source.

The race to 1Malaysia

The Cabinet is looking into dropping the ‘race’ column in official forms and documents. While some are for it, saying it could help promote the one Malaysia concept, others are less…

Your choice to do or not to do

And if their children indulge in child porn, whom do you blame? Those who enjoy watching child porn? Of course not! It is the parents who should be blamed. How can we ban child porn just

Jakarta-KL ties hit another sour note

(The Straits Times) JAKARTA, Aug 30 — A brouhaha in Indonesia over Malaysia’s usage of the Balinese pendet dance in a tourism commercial has now shifted to another controversy involving…

Of justice, mercy and forgiveness

By Aniza Damis (NST)ON Aug 20, there occurred an act of profound humanity. That day, the Scottish government decided to release Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber.

Residents deny cow head role

(NST) SHAH ALAM: The Section 23 Residents' Association Action Committee is not involved in the cow head incident, said its chairman Ahmad Mahyuddin Abdul Manaf.

Didn’t Their Mamas Teach Them None?

By Justin Ong (The Malaysian Insider)AUG 30 — I must have been five or six. No more than seven, I’m sure, when I first heard the phrase. I can’t remember what it was I did to make…

All sides slam cow head incident

(NST) SHAH ALAM: Various groups and politicians from both sides of the political divide have expressed regret at the use of a severed cow head by 50 people in protesting against the relocation of a…

Hip-hop concert with a catch

By Wong Chun Wai (The Star) The latest decision on Black Eyed Peas is bound to make Malaysia an international news item – for the wrong reasons.

The race to 1Malaysia

By Shahanaaz Habib (The Star)The Cabinet is looking into dropping the ‘race’ column in official forms and documents. While some are for it, saying it could help promote the one Malaysia…