‘Harris contradicting own book’

(Daily Express) - Former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Salleh must have been mistaken when he stated that Datuk Yong Teck Lee was responsible for taking away the Sabah Foundation shares during his…

Sex, Politics & Seksualiti Merdeka

By Mong Palatino, The Diplomat First organized in 2008, the Seksualiti Merdeka festival has been an annual celebration of sexual diversity and gender rights in Malaysia. It promotes the human rights…

The right to vote

By Tay Tian Yan, MySinChew It was interesting when a MCA central committee member told the parliamentary select committee on electoral reform that Malaysians living abroad are not qualified to vote…

Mahathir The Uniting Factor

Has Mahathir finally realised that his policies of preferential rewards for the Malays have made them more backward than ever? Did he suddenly realise that Malays are less motivated because they…

Is sustainable development possible?

By Ampersand and KW Mak, The Nut Graph  WHEN residents talk about development in an urban environment, the discussion primarily focuses on ensuing traffic problems for the existing neighbourhood.…

Untangling PPSMI

By Hwa Yue-Yi, The Nut Graph DURING the first weekend of November 2011, the PPSMI (the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English) policy trended on Twitter. This evidence of…

Penang govt proposes tunnel as third link

By Joseph Kaos Jr, The Star KUALA LUMPUR: The Penang government has proposed the construction of a third link - a 6.5km underground tunnel from George Town to Butterworth. The tunnel is one of four…

Ambiga now Umno’s troubled nightmare

By Jeswan Kaur, FMT Ambiga Sreenevasan, former Bar Council president and recipient of the US Secretary of State’s 2009 International Women of Courage Award and France’s topmost honour, the Chevalier…

Khairy and the NFC hole

By Yow Hong Chieh, The Malaysian Insider They say you should never try to dig your way out of a hole — you’ll only make it deeper, bigger. Someone should tell Khairy Jamaluddin this. The Umno Youth…

PKR eyes mixed seats in the south

PKR’s national congress in Johor at the end of the month will signal its intention to make the Umno fortress a frontline state.While DAP has declared that he is Pakatan’s candidate for Prime Minister,…

Should we settle for this nonsense?

According to Khairy, who — to an outsider like me — seems mighty ready to prove that he is a reliable Umno man, said that the company did not want excess funds to lie idle. This guy thinks that we are…