Micros and macros in ethnic relations

For us who have close, personal inter-racial and inter-religious friendships, the greatest fear is always that there comes a day where we have to choose sides. Nicholas Chan, TMI This is not…

Has the fire gone out of control?

Bersih now seems more like a group of chanting, raving sloganeers who've forgotten about the cause for free and fair elections. Mikha Chan, Free Malaysia Today Revolution is an ugly, drunken…

A catch-22 for Najib

It's risky for him to oust Muhyiddin, but neither can he afford to keep him as his deputy in the party. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today The bell has begun to toll for Muhyiddin Yassin. Since…

Is Najib checkmating his enemies?

According to blogger Raja Petra, the PM has a plan that will thwart a no-confidence vote in Parliament Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today Controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has lately…

The Justo Affair 2.0

The Third Force Historical narratives on political conspiracies have always been tainted with acts of subversion by Fifth Columnists. In Malaysia, the Confederates of the Fifth Column engaged…

The inequality of freedoms

How to justify someone else’s freedoms except to cast them as being sinful? It doesn’t matter if they are innocent children, they have to be as suppressed as our children are. Only then can there…

Turning the heat on Mukhriz

Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir s not going to have an easy time in Kedah from now on after what happened at the Alor Setar division AGM and which has revived speculation that his job is on the line.…

Siapa dalang guling kerajaan?

Zahid sendiri sudah tahu siapa orang berkenaan, maka tidaklah perlu polis mengambil masa panjang untuk menyiasat. Dan, tidak perlu korek hingga ke lubang cacing. Fakta sudah di tangan, tangkap…

Rahman Dahlan’s blunder

Whether or not there is a legitimate charge sheet, it's still wrong to 'take people out'. Scott Ng, FMT Despite Abdul Rahman Dahlan’s denial that he admitted to the authenticity of a charge…

Stop the rhetoric, Bersih

Hafidz Baharom, Malay Mail Online As the former chairman of the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih), Ambiga Sreenevasan should not be delving into issuing statements based on pure…

The coalition that is always sorry

Karamjit Gill, Malay Mail Online We have two major political coalitions here in Malaysia. At one end is the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition that is plagued with allegations of corruption and on…

Our weak will for change

(MMO) - The government thrives on inertia. It’s tolerated so many street rallies that another demonstration will be nothing more than a blip on the radar. The country’s institutions are under…

Upside-down law

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Malay Mail Online There is a blatant attempt by Najib and his supporters to make the illegitimate legitimate and vice-versa. Thus Najib’s stoppage of the investigations…