Although extremists must be countered, something inside many moderates may be saying we should restrain ourselves. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, The Star THE tradition of political foundations is…

The Unspoken Truth These days, former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad grouchily gripes about the Mahathir days and recently, about how stupid are Malaysians. If he shifts the blame to the preferred…

Khairie Hisyam Aliman, Malay Malay Online Reading controversial book Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia recently, I could not help but notice one mistake: Lukas Straumann’s …

We, a group of concerned citizens of Malaysia, would like to express how disturbed and deeply dismayed we are over the continuing unresolved disputes on the position and application of Islamic…

A champagne-swilling youth leads the PM into a bog of debt and scandal John Berthelsen, Asia Sentinel In 2008, a boisterous young man by the name of Jho Low Taek, a Penang-born Wharton grad…

If two opposition leaders refuse to apologise for serious allegations against the PM, he should sue them like he said so the truth can come out. Joshua Wu, Free Malaysia Today Malaysian…

If the political chatter in PAS is to be believed, the popular PAS No. 2 Mohamad Sabu is gearing up to contest the party presidency next year. Joceline Tan. The Star THE 63rd anniversary…

Tunku Abdul Aziz, NST IN retaining the Sedition Act 1948, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has shown that when it comes to the crunch, he knows instinctively what to do: the nation’s…

Raggie Jessy Russian flags seem to fly high in Crimea these days; heavily armoured tanks were seen crashing through Crimean barricades, leaving military and air bases looking like war torn…

Liberalism in the macro sense is the opposite of despotism, tyranny, dictatorship, totalitarianism and authoritarianism, writes Choo Sing Chye. Aliran Many of us are still ignorant of the…

We can criticise what happened in Sabah. But Anwar cannot. Anwar has lost his legitimacy to criticise since he was part of the government that he alleges created this problem. And the US, too, can…

Choo Sing Chye UMNO’s convention this year has given us a brief interlude, a small window to peep into the inner sanctum of UMNO. Instead of an innovative leap into the arena of fine and…

Kee Thuan Chye, Yahoo News The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the illegal immigrants in Sabah has turned out to be a big disappointment. We had hoped to get conclusive findings in its…

Why was it right to give Chinese and Indians citizenship in the 1940s and 1950s (for whatever reason that may have been) and wrong to give others citizenship today? THE CORRIDORS OF POWER…

Catherine Allerton, New Mandala The Malaysian state of Sabah is currently embroiled in a bad-tempered political debate about whether or not the many thousands of stateless children living in…

Take a close look at the photo of the overloaded lorry. Now imagine yourself driving behind it, wondering if the end of the protruding log will snap off and ricochet through your windscreen and…

Any ruling parties that refused to admit their weaknesses after decades of being in power do not deserve to continue to be in power.  Khoo Kay Peng, The Ant Daily Umno is making a big…

Selangor DAP chairman Tony Pua reportedly said that they deserve the seat after giving their full support for PKR when they faced PAS dissent over the PKR led and DAP supported coup against former…

Wouldn’t that be nice? Now why do our 222 Members of Parliament, about 90 of them from Pakatan Rakyat, not discuss this? Rather than scream about the Sedition Act, why don’t they propose a new and…

Petronas president and chief executive Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abbas had said on Nov 28 that the national oil corporation was cutting its spending for next year by between 15 and 20 per cent and…

Just when, if at all, were the Malays under threat? Did they once assume a precarious posture?  Raggie Jessy I’m not sure if anyone can shake hands with me on the mood prevalent at the just…

Terence Fernandez, The Malaysian Insider Almost five years ago in January 2010, I along with colleagues Llew Ann Phang and R. Nadeswaran sat down with Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail…

Like everybody else, I fell in love. And, like many, the object of my love is of a different faith. So what? Cogito Ergo Sun, The Rakyat Times Love conquers all, love is blind and…

A kindred spirit pays tribute to an extraordinary man. Kua Kia Soong, Free Malaysia Today Many Malaysians think that hornbills are found only in Sarawak. Only a few weeks ago, as I floated…

Selangor Menteri Besar abandons Pakatan Rakyat’s manifesto on NO TO TOLL AND NO TO CRONIES Selve Sugumaran Perumal, Say No to Kidex, Vice Chairman  I would like to congratulate YAB Dato…

And if we say ‘yes’ to a referendum on the Sedition Act, what justification is there to say ‘no’ for the other referendums as well, just like Scotland did a referendum on whether to remain in…

Salleh Said Keruak With the price of oil and gold falling and the Ringgit declining against foreign currencies (now RM5.5-5.6 against the Pound Sterling from RM4.8-4.9 just a couple of years…

Apanama's latest posting (ex bangang) which I believe went up last nite was quite critical of the UMNO president.  OutSyed the Box By coincidence or not his 'account' has been suspended.…

(Malaysian Digest) - “RERORMS! Give youths more chances!” Those were among the many calls that can be heard from last week’s Umno General Assembly. Many people from both in and outside the party…

Nawawi Mohamad, (TMI) - The Umno bloggers and cyber troopers (UBC) could roughly be categorised into four groups. They are the obliged ones, those critical of Umno, the paid writers and…