Politik katak

By Amin IskandarDi antara istilah yang paling popular dalam kamus politik Malaysia pasca tsunami 8 Mac adalah “Politik Katak”. Politik katak merujuk kepada tindakan seseorang ahli politik melompat…

The cycle of despair

By Ken Vin Lek and G Vinod, Free Malaysia TodayPETALING JAYA: With 10 years to go before Malaysia becomes a developed nation, life for the urban poor has remained the same as it was when Dr Mahathir…

DPM and the Cattle Trade

An UMNOPUTRA does not need any prior knowledge or experience to be qualified for government handouts. The idea is to create a “successful” Bumiputra which can be admired and emulated by others. But…

In other words

Yesterday, Malaysiakini ran a news item called Dr M gives thumbs up to sports betting. When it comes to politicians from any side of the political divide, you must read not what they

Ibrahim Ali wants Idris Jala out of Cabinet

By Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian InsiderKUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali today flexed his political muscles and urged Datuk Seri Idris Jala to step down from the Cabinet over…

Low turnout at Melayu Bangkit rally

By SAZALI M. NOOR, The Star Dr Mahathir, in keynote speech, blames PAS and PKR for Malay disunity KUALA TERENGGANU: The anticipated 5,000 people failed to turn up at the Melayu Bangkit rally here…

Barry Wain

Shutting the mouth of the critics by abusing the authority of the court of law is no better than Governments which censor or shut down papers which are critical of them. Those who resort to this trick…

Many myths of the Mahathir mafia

By choosing the bloody date of May 13, their protestations of innocence notwithstanding, they have stripped bare the myths of Malay power: that behind the myths lies merely a tawdry gathering of…