Yang Arif Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy

Art HarunRemember him, anybody? He was the brave, honest and conscientious High Court Judge at the Shah Alam High Court who heard our application for habeas corpus or the release of Raja Petra…

Missteps to a civil society

By Marina MahathirSome university students seeking to be the moral guardians of society want to stop others from having fun at concerts, but fail to take up the bigger causes.

Isa Won and UMNO Lost!

By HawkeyeWe came and saw, we did and knew, that it was an uphill task with all the machinery and money that was thrown in. This election is a more aggressive stance taken by umno and we saw a bit of…

A picture is worth a thousand words

Sometimes I do not need to write my normal cheong hei article. Sometimes all I need to do is post a picture. After all, a picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. So let this picture explain…

Lessons from Bagan Pinang

By SV SingamPolitics is about robbing Peter to pay Paul. Smart politics is about getting both Peter and Paul to feel good about the deal. That is something the BN had learned to do exquisitely well.

This was more than nine years ago

I wrote the piece below soon after the Sanggang by-election on 1 April 2000 (April Fool’s Day). The purpose of the piece, which was published in Harakah, the PAS party newspaper, was to bring to the…

Spinning The Gasing

By Simon TemplarEveryone's talking about how our local medias spin stories, propagandas and what is and what not. How many of you actually understand what a spin is?