The price of speculation

We call him a hero now, but how many of us have apologised to taxi driver Hanizan Mohamed Radzi? Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today Hanizan Mohamed Radzi’s rescue of an abducted child is the…

When we get caught up in semantics

Salleh Said Keruak It appears that some people would rather spend precious time debating semantics rather than focus on the more crucial issue of development and improving services. And because…

Is Saifuddin Abdullah a frog?

Anyway, I can go on and on listing down the frogs starting from Onn Jaafar (one of the founders of Umno), Tunku Abdul Rahman (Bapa Merdeka), Hussein Onn, and so on. But we do not call all these…

Saifuddin joins PKR – so?

Zakiah Koya, The Heat Online Despite being an elegant rebel in Umno, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has time and again vouched for his loyalty to the party and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.…

Everything that PAS does is wrong

Actually, the Chinese supported DAP and not PAS from the very beginning. The only reason the Chinese voted for PAS was because DAP told them to. A vote for PAS is a vote for DAP, or a vote for…

Role reversal for Mahathir and Najib

The PM, who promised a liberal style, has become authoritarian and the ex-PM actually sounds like a progressive democrat. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today It looks like the Samosa law is…

Mr. ISA slams SOSMA

When Mahathir said the Ringgit will not improve until Datuk Seri Najib Razak resigns he actually indirectly told us that he will continue to mastermind the destruction of the country’s economy by…

ISA vs SOSMA: Which is the Lesser Evil

Jason Chin Issues regarding the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) has come under the microscope again with the arrest of Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and lawyer Matthias…

Are you sure this is about 1MDB?

“You were given false information,” the Special Branch told me. “If Najib is really guilty of the murder of Altantuya do you think we would allow him to become Prime Minister?” they added. And…

An evening with ex-Muslims

The great Ahmed Deedat pointed to the increase in Muslims worldwide as proof of Islam’s truth. I now realise it was proof of lack of family planning. Quantity of people over quality of life.…

A literalist interpretation of the law

"How can I teach my students the law when the law seems to disregard such fundamental principles as constitutionalism and the rule of law”? Azmi Sharom, The Star Recent judgments have an…

Historia De Los Cojones

SeaDemon Says Wishful thinking. My take on yesterday morning’s press conference where the group of 6 spoke against SOSMA being used on Mahathir’s running dogs. 1) Mahathir now publicly…

The reality of the Asian advantage

Americans believe that A grades go to smart kids, while Asians are more likely to think that they go to hard workers. Nicholas Kristof, Today This is an awkward question, but here goes: Why…