With his words public, I can convince how perhaps we do not really need ulamas if what they know seem mostly irrelevant, and has not much practical value.Zurairi AR, MMO 

 Mahathir’s disavowal of knowledge about its happening does not exonerate him. He was the CEO of Malaysia. Ignorance is no defence. He has to take responsibility.Kee Thuan Chye 

Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin Apabila artikel ‘Kenaikan Harga Barang Ketetapan Allah’ muncul di saat rakyat sedang merasai ancaman kenaikan harga barang akibat potongan subsidi minyak oleh pihak…

Hence do we now blame Allah or blame Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak for the recent increase in the price of petrol? Najib is powerless and would not be able to increase the price of petrol if Allah…

(MM) - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad asked today why his former “deputy” had not stopped “Projek IC” if it had been a government policy during his reign, appearing again to shrug off blame for the…

V. Anbalagan, TMIThe best kept secret about a pornographic videotape which lawyer Karpal Singh (pic) submitted to the Dewan Rakyat in 1992 is finally out.

Trinna Leong and Mohd Farhan Darwis, TMI Several business experts have refuted an allegation this week by two Malay groups that shopping malls were discriminating against Bumiputera businesses.

Former minister Zaid Ibrahim lambasted the home minister for his attempt to teach the Film Censorship Board on how to do its job. K Pragalath, FMT Former cabinet minister Zaid Ibrahim today told…

Malaysia, as a country that was once partly Anglophone, and where English was once spoken well, has to make a choice sooner or later. While it remains the case that we cannot deny or neglect the…

As investors see ASEAN as a whole, Indonesia’s market jitters could affect its neighbours. Other ASEAN economies also rode the wave of loose United States monetary policy. With this wave ending, they…

 According to Majid, prior to Tunku Abdul Rahman Al-haj’s announcement of a proposal to form Malaysia on May 27, 1961 at the International Press Club in Singapore,  Stephens, Sarawakian and Bruneian…

Fuel price hikes lead to transport charge hikes; transport charge hikes lead to consumer goods price hikes; and consumer goods price hikes lead to seething discontentment. These are the phenomena…

  A shadow cabinet makes it easier for the people as well as journalists and others to find appropriate spokespersons from the opposition coalition in a policy debate. For example, the shadow…

 Where did the early Tamil school teachers learn about curricula, pedagogy, etc.? Where do current Tamil school teachers learn the same things?write2rest

 Meritocracy, defined as a system that rewards according to ability or achievement and not birth or privilege, may be unfair precisely because it is blind to differences of class, wealth and social…

 Crime of violence with a penchant for brute force like racketeering, kidnapping, murder, extortion, drug/human trafficking, tend to be the workings of those whom have the least to lose, those on the…

 (TMI) - “This is a democracy. You cannot say you cannot stand their presence and call them subversive or anti-Malaysian. They were also elected by the people. If I want them to respect me because I…

{youtube}bQvx168-IH0{/youtube}(Al Jazeera) - Some are predicting she will eventually become Malaysia’s first female Prime Minister.

 (The Star) - Recently, it was revealed that about 70% out of the 60,000 English Language teachers, who sat for the English Language Cambridge Placement Test, performed poorly.

 (Bernama) - He said LPF should be cautious in making whatever decision as the film was said to have concealed an intrinsic message in glorifying communist terrorists and putting them in better light…

 How does BN expect national security to remain intact when it decided to put God on trial, literally, creating psychological unrest for Malaysians irrespective of their religious beliefs?  Jeswan…

Three dirty pillows on a bed in one of the rooms inside the NS White Resort camp in Balik Pulau, Penang. (The Star) - A source told The Star that the camp used to be one of the best NS sites in the…

For seven general elections you sucked Dr Mahathir’s dick and licked Umno’s arse. Today, you write an editorial lambasting Dr Mahathir. I think you are 35 years too late. Why repeat what we have been…

Far too often, we place convenience ahead of conservation. We take for granted that electricity will always flow when we flip a switch. Some of us talk about subsidised petrol as if it is a…

The discord between Dr Chua and Liow has long been an open secret. However, it has recently evolved into an increasingly intense war of words. The party election scheduled to be held in the end of…

RESPONSIBLE REJUVENATION: 'You must have been here during Hishammuddin's time,' Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told Rashid Yusof, Farrah Naz Karim and A. Azim Idris at the end of a fast-paced…

MOVING FORWARD: Some have suggested that the upcoming Umno election will be stiffer than the 13th General Election. After all, how the party election pans out will have a direct impact on who will…

(Reuters) - The United States has begun distributing some weapons to the Syrian rebels, a spokesman for the Syrian Coalition of groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said yesterday, after…

By Stuart Grudgings, ReutersPrime Minister Najib Tun Razak will announce measures this week to boost the economic role of majority ethnic Malays, official media reported on Wednesday, signalling a…

DAP secretary-general and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng told reporters today, ‘We want to show that we can make a difference in rural Sarawak.’ — Picture by K.E. OoiAsked if the DAP expects the…