A ‘different Najib’ on campaign trail

Joceline Tan, The Star Online PAKATAN Harapan politicians say he is headed for jail but for now, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is still a free man and he is making the most of it as he joins…

Anwar’s ‘birthright’ to be PM?

Is an elected public office for one to secure, reserve and swap, as and when two individuals mutually consent? Mary Chin looks at the prime ministerial succession plan. Mary Chin, Aliran The…

Broken bridge between Anwar and Azmin

The Singaporeans are always on the alert on who will be the future leaders of Malaysia and it is obvious that they see Azmin as someone on the way up, perhaps even as the next deputy prime…

Gloom Ahead of World Economic Storm

Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury In light of the uncertainty caused by the US-China trade war, the IMF expects the US economic growth to slow from a three-year high of 2.9 per cent in 2018 to…

The UMNO Omertà

KTemoc Konsiders More than 10 years ago, during the tenure of PM AAB but towards its end, I penned that we might have underestimated AAB. I then believed there was in Malaysia an unjustified…

Malaysian Malaysia colonialism

Life of Annie My friend argued that supporters of the ideology which primary aim is to deny the special rights of bumiputera as enshrined in the constitution are now poised to reshape the country.…

Malaysia entering dangerous waters

Rais Hussin, Malaysiakini Close to one-third of Malaysia's economy is driven by exports, a legacy of learning from Japan. When Japan was trying to recover from the devastating experience of…