Salleh Said Keruak
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak made a most interesting comment today about Umno members requiring ‘2K’ -- knowledge and kemahiran (skill) -- to be able to win back the…
By continuing to attack Khalid Ibrahim, Pakatan is admitting that abuse of power occurs under its watch
Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today
Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali has revealed…
Despite being a Chinese, Lee made English the main language in Singapore and shut all Chinese and Tamil schools.
Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today
There is an interesting posting by…
The timing of the Perkasa convention itself, a deliberate move on the eve of the Umno General Assembly, makes for significant reading.
Free Malaysia Today
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak,…
New Straits Times
Question: What do you think of (former Umno president and prime minister) Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s proposal that Selangor Umno should be revamped?Answer: I feel we do not…
Will Umno go the right-wing direction or can Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak continue to steer his party towards the centrist route at the Umno general assembly next week?
Joceline Tan
TAN Sri…
They might gain some benefit from “going with the flow” but it won’t last. When the country is in crisis, it is the future generations who will pay for the mistakes and greed of the present…
Bluster and rhetoric will not make Malaysia's problems go away.
Scott Ng & Amin Khairuddin, FMT
As the Umno AGM looms, Malaysia’s non-Malay communities prepare for another round of…
Justeru apa yang dikatakan oleh Muhyidin itu betul dan benar. Kali ini mungkin barisan kepimpinan hari ini akan jatuh dan membawa kejatuhan UMNO bersama mereka. Mereka masih tidak rela untuk turun…
The Malays in Umno, PAS and PKR all want the same thing. The only thing is PAS wants a bit extra -- the banning of liquor, gambling, sexy shows and all forms of vices, plus the implementation of…
Towards a New Malaysia
Since PM Najib attributed UMNO-BN poor performance at GE13 to a Chinese tsunami and Utusan followed up with “Apa lagi Cina mau?,” all hell was let loosed and the racists…
Ahmad Fairuz Othman & Syed Umar Ariff, NST
Question: What are some of the sensitive issues likely to be touched by delegates? Answer: Well, this is an assembly of the biggest party that…
When you see someone like you succeeding next door while your society is not, it becomes political.
Thomas Friedman, Today Online
Ever since the Arab awakening in late 2010, America has…
In the prelude to the 2008 general election, when the writing was on the wall that the BN was losing support, the then Mentri Besar Dr Mohamed Khir Toyo, even talked about "zero opposition" in the…
On the other matter regarding Tony Pua, in the past the opposition screamed that those who criticise the government should not be arrested for sedition, criminal defamation, or whatever. Instead,…
If so, then PAS should not also have a personal view regarding MAS serving alcohol unless that is also the view of Pakatan Rakyat. And if this is not the view of Pakatan Rakyat that would mean DAP…
Citizen Times
Here is Ted Lau's personal view on Malaysia oil price after the news of RON97 dropping and Indonesia raising their oil price.
First, like many Malaysians, I was ranting…
WH Cheng, The Ant Daily
After the last two general elections, both the ruling and opposition coalitions have deviated from their many promises and objectives. They have not been focusing on the…
Hafiz Noor Shams, Malay Mail Online
I think Malaysia needs Jokowi. When I write so, I do not mean Malaysia needs Joko Widodo the man per se as our prime minister. Instead, I am thinking about…
They are not regarded just as males who want to dress as females (for fun or to deceive), but something that are innate or in-born in them. If it is in-born, that means they are created this way.…
(MMO) - Why should we worship a particular god when we can easily believe in other things? After all, no proof is required to make one god more authentic than the other.
I am writing…
(TMI) - The essay was about a monkey who had to climb a banana tree to get himself a banana. It had four paragraphs, each paragraph had two sentences and each sentence had around five words.
I…
It’s a useful illustration of the circular strategy of the military – perpetuate instability, draw on it to justify dominance, and then refer back to it when that power is challenged.
Francis…
Salleh Said Keruak
There are some in Umno and many in the opposition who feel that the BR1M program is immoral and smacks of bribery and should be ended. If so then what good are election…
When Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin takes his place on the Umno stage next week, it is with the knowledge that he has not disappointed those who gave him such a sweeping victory last year.…
(AFP) - A number of Muslims in Europe are publicly abandoning their religion to become Christians or agnostics despite their former community’s taboo against such acts.
In France, the film “The…
Said a veteran Umno watcher, Muhyiddin’s “departure” is no secret in Umno and “in fact many party members feel this Umno general assembly (November 25-29) will be his last as deputy president”.…
To gauge the success of a system, you have to look at the individuals it produces.
Scott Ng, FMT
What is the measure of an education? Does it determine the character, the spirit of the child…
According to Elsevier sources, this (secret) agreement has one condition that ensures all parties within the JIT group (including Ukraine) have the right to secrecy. In other words: if any of the…