Excerpts of a luncheon address at the 16th Malaysia Strategic Outlook Conference 2014 in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 23, 2014  Khairy Jamaluddin It doesn't take much to set up a blog and become a…

Clive Kessler, The University of New South Wales, Sydney Almost there! Or so some may say. One does well to be clear that, although he now serves as the current Agong, the recent royal…

Zan Azlee, The Malaysian Insider I remember many years ago, I directed a documentary film about Dollah Baju Merah, the last classically trained wayang kulit dalang in Malaysia from Kelantan.…

A likely scenario will see Malaysia take a sharper turn towards an Islamic conservative future with the right wingers and other powerful stake players seizing power. By Lim Teck Ghee, FMT In…

Zaid Ibrahim Did I make a grave error in my last posting when I said that the Pakatan Rakyat’s team, led by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, have been in negotiations with Prime Minister Dato’ Sri…

By William Pesek, Bloomberg News Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim probably never expected to share this rare indignity with Paris Hilton: being unceremoniously turned away at the airport in Tokyo. A…

By Azmi Sharom, The Star Things are being blown out of proportion over the issue with some viewing it through race-tinted glasses. Are they blind to the fact that the people who are annoyed at…

By Erna Mahyuni, The Malay Mail Do you believe in government-subsidised healthcare? A friend of mine doesn’t. “People should just buy insurance,” he said. But that premise assumes that…

Kee Thuan Chye It’s disturbing, to say the least. Street protests staged by Umno and/or groups affiliated to or inspired by it invariably espouse the threat of violence and express racial…

As RPK had written in one of his posts: 'Anyway, whatever it may be, Khalid is not PKR’s Menteri Besar. He is not even Pakatan Rakyat’s Menteri Besar. He is His Highness the Sultan’s Menteri Besar,…

by Joceline Tan, The Star The controversy over the sacking of PKR deputy president Azmin Ali from the board of PKNS or Selangor Development Corporation has taken on shades of a political soap…

Syed Akbar Ali, OutSyed The Box This is from The Star : Najib hits back at kangkung critics Najib Tun Razak said he used kangkung to explain supply & demand I like to eat kangkung…

There are many things that could legitimately offend people of the Islamic faith - YouTube videos, teddy bears, and cartoons are not included Ghaffar Hussain, The Commentator In this age of…

In moving forward, Malaysia has to assent that freedom of press is no longer an option but a necessity. By Ali Cordoba, Free Malaysia Today A free press, the freedom of which is limited and…

The spotlight swung so completely to Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim last week that it eclipsed developments in PKR indicating that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is planning to take over…

Burning an effigy of a reclusive priest and threatening unrest if 'Allah' is not 'returned' to the Muslims is not going to win Umno and its uncouth leaders any sympathy nor support Jeswan Kaur,…

Cindi Loo, The Ant Daily The DAP central leadership must have been much relieved that the recent keenly contested Johor party elections have ended as planned. A good mix of locals and…

Lim Sue Goan, Sin Chew Daily The PM's kangkung statement has unleashed an endless string of negative feedback, and this shows Najib is in for a new round of tests after last May's general…

Lim Mun Fah, MM An official car and a string of kangkung could stir up roaring waves in our society. Politics has seeped deep into the very grains of our society. Where there is politics,…

Faridah Hameed, MM Just how much ridiculousness can a country tolerate before it becomes unhinged? Why does it feel like when the subject of faith is on the table, we speak in forked tongues…

By Lee Shi-Ian and Eileen Ng, The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s deafening silence on major issues, coupled with a non-supportive cabinet, is among the main reasons why the prime…

By Marina Mahathir, The Star IN light of recent events and with the lack of guidance from up top on how to conduct ourselves in an argument, I thought I would volunteer some tips on How to Win…

Kee Thuan Chye Prime Minister Najib Razak is wrong to blame Malaysians for the country’s standing in comparison to Japan and South Korea. He says Malaysia is not as developed and…

Syerleena Abdul Rashid, Malay Mail Malaysia is a multi-racial society with Muslims making up almost 65 per cent of the population. Interestingly enough, our Federal Constitution has established…

How is it that Umno, a party that has been in power for so long, has suddenly become subservient to these relatively young entities? By Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Free Malaysia Today Even if you…

By Kee Thuan Chye Yesterday, I looked at the ‘Allah’ issue from the time it started to what it has become today, and how we are now trapped in a web of confusion spun from diverse…

By Kee Thuan Chye As the ‘Allah’ issue rages on, particularly after the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) raided the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) and seized 300-plus copies of the…

by Terence Fernandez When the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment was passed by the State Legislative Assembly on April 4, 1988, the only two voices…

Ng Kee Seng, The Ant Daily OUTSPOKEN: Can any oil producing country in the world make all her citizens millionaires via prudent management and savings? Norway achieved that on Jan 8, 44…

Hazlan Zakaria, The Ant Daily While it made sense to be practical for the sake of the rakyat, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim's deal with Putrajaya to solve the state’s water…