The only retributory consolation in this sorry state of affairs is that Mahathir lives to see how impossible he has made it for the people of this country to remove a corrupt regime Neal K,…

For UMNO, this is the bottom line; if you want to be the generation that brings this grand old party down into irrelevance, then continue threatening those who disagree with you. Syed Saddiq…

One of the great philosophers, Plato, in his thesis The Republic, actually opposes Democracy. He calls Democracy the tyranny of the majority over the minority. Hence Democracy is still very much a…

Dr Chandra Muzaffar Current trends in Malaysian society do not generate much optimism about the future. Gleaned from the electoral landscape, there are two trends one should focus upon: one,…

Umar Mukhtar Prime Minster Najib Razak can never be a chauvinist anything. His intelligence may make him understand what chauvinism entails but he will never have the true 'feel' for…

Lavish lifestyles funded by ill-gotten wealth is not a uniquely Najib problem. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today Mahathir Mohamad has reinvented himself to be a champion of the people, a voice…

Jakim has not contributed anything worthwhile to the development of Islam in Malaysia. Their Facebook and Twitter accounts have no discussion at all on Islamic philosophy, but is rather about…

Presiden & Timbalan Presiden Lembaga Pemegang Amanah YaPEIM serta keluarga (Wanita UMNO) pegang 26 jawatan bergaji, pendapatan keseluruhan RM154,700 sebulan. National Oversight &…

One can never pick and choose equality. If you terribly want to be equal, you have to accept everyone. Ron J. Backus "In Malaysia we have three major races which have practically nothing in…

95.7% of students had partaken in some form of plagiarism, 96% had shared an assignment with other students, 93% had cheated during tests, 92% had falsified data, 86% had cheated in exams, and 90%…

How much exactly and where has all those billions gone to? For sure the natives gained zip from it. Raymond H.H Tan  Selangor was taken over by PKR in 2008 as the new State Government and it…

Salleh Said Keruak Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he does not want to change the system. He just wants to change the Prime Minister. He will then let Malaysians decide on what system they want…

So the truth is now out. The AG, who is alleged to be a crony of the Prime Minister and who is alleged to be an obstacle in the investigation actually wanted the whole thing concluded last month.…

The Third Force Some hours after Malaysia Today ran the first part of this series last Friday, I was met by a person I have always regarded as a virtuoso of reason. This man - both scientist…

Umar Mukhtar Many political observers had made the connection that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad would have found it very difficult to cling on to his twenty-two years of premiership had it not been…

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s plan to have a ‘council of elders’ to advise the Prime Minister of his choice is beyond bizarre and flies in the face of a modern democracy. Joceline Tan, The Star…

Lim Sian See has rattled off a long list of queries directed to Tun Dr. Mahatir in his LSS Report blog, ostensibly to extract truth behind his motivations and actions. But truth is in rare…

Choo Sing Chye It is tiring to argue subjectively on the merits and demerits of a political party without first knowing its conventions or rules that guide its actions. If we do this, our…

Umar Mukhtar Anwar Ibrahim, at one time the enfant terrible of Malaysian politics, is his own worst enemy. One has the feeling that chauvinism wasn't his true passion of choice. Politics and…

Umar Mukhtar In the aftermath of the so-called racial riots of May 13, 1969, the one character who took advantage of the country's latent racial tension was Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. With the…

Today, politicians are saying the MOH is going to lose votes for the government, so allow vaping culture. Tomorrow you are going to say that rempits should be allowed to race too because you need…

All these ideologies claim to be movements to mobilise their people and to protect them from threats to their existence, and along the way, they come out with policies and laws to segregate…

DAP has already spoken to Muhyiddin Yassin and the ex-Deputy Prime Minister has agreed to help resolve this problem when he becomes Prime Minister. So DAP is backing Muhyiddin in the effort to oust…

So there you are, four bullets and all duds. So the 1MDB and RM2.6 billion issues are not going to bring down Najib after all. So they may need to go back to the Altantuya Shaariibuu issue and try,…

To call for moderation and good governance is to make a political statement T K Chua, Free Malaysia Today Today’s statement by G25, the group of prominent retired Malay civil servants and…

The lack of leadership material in the country means a shift in power is near impossible. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today Prime Minister Najib Razak will likely remain Prime Minister for the…

All their life they speak Mandarin, listen to Mandarin songs, watch Mandarin TV programs, mingle only with their own kind. In short, the Chinese live within their own colony and in their own…

Why drag in the police? Najib Razak should just sue Tun Mahathir for slander, or civil defamation—that, at least, is how a man should behave. Zaidgeist For the first time in our history, the…

 It has been two months since the Bersih rally and suddenly, out of the blue, is it merely sheer coincidence that the police require Basheer’s attendance on the day of his final exams? Tony Pua…

Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today Rarely has a minister ever provoked as much public outrage as Abdul Rahman Dahlan has over the past few months. Since stepping up to join the Cabinet of Loyalists,…