BR1M is not all bad

Salleh Said Keruak Two days ago, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he is opposed to BR1M because it gives an impression that Malaysia is a backward country and a country that is not successful.…

Najib deserves better than this

It's one thing to criticise the PM on legitimate issues, another entirely to be distasteful about it. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today I have always been an ardent critic of Prime Minister…

How Mahathir has been checkmated

Lim Teck Ghee, The Heat Online Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his supporters in Umno appear to have been check mated in his attempt to get Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to resign…

Who will bell the cat?

As the country goes down the chute, who among our present crop of leaders can lead us through a much needed transition? K Haridas, Free Malaysia Today The one constant factor seems that we…

Illegal Church

Would you believe it that we have visited this issue before with the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) back in 2011? Mak Khuin Weng Barely 24 hours after the initial uproar over the…

The protest against the cross

Salleh Said Keruak Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattāb was one of the most historical figures in Islam. The Muslims, under Umar, conquered Jerusalem in the 630s and it is reported that when the Caliph…

Faith of one in the cross of another

The Taman Medan issue has brought out the ugly side of Muslims and non-Muslims, showing up everyone for the real hypocrites that they are. Fa Abdul, FMT Hafidz Baharom wrote an excellent…

Will PR remain the same PR come next GE?

The people who planted the seeds of destruction in the country and have fallen out of favour with BN are now being cherished under PKR. Karamjit Gill For the last umpteen years I have been…

Tun Dr Mahathir is not alone

Yesterday even the PM's own brother Nazir Razak has posted the Michael Jackson poster on his FB page   OutSyed the Box Well since don't know when I have been with Tun Dr Mahathir that Najib…

The Damned Dams of Sabah

Very soon the camel’s back will be broken, and the last straw to break it will be the approval of the proposed Kaiduan Dam in Papar. Sabahans have had enough of the pressure by the President of…

The Man in the Ivory Tower

Zainal Abidin 1. After his many incessant rants, I am sure Tun Dr Mahathir is not so small-minded as to get angry over the crooked bridge that never materialized. Yet, it is not a question of…

Why is everything about race?

Rambling ruminations on the state of racial polarisation in Malaysia. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today I’ve been writing for FMT for a while now and, whether you agree with me or not, I always…

On superficial Muslims

Hafidz Baharom, Malay Mail Online The recent occurrence in Taman Medan did not show the best about Islam. If anything, it showed how miseducated the Malaysian Malay community can be. To the…

Should PAS run in Permatang Pauh?

It is almost like it is so unsure of itself, that at the risk of making a blunder, it plays it safe by surrendering to do the politically acceptable, even though it has been mocked and humiliated …

Dusun Supremacy?

A person holding the title of CJSS must know how to confine his oral judgments before the eye of the public so as not to create confusion or stereotyping one particular race in a derogatory manner.…