Spitting to the sky

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…

Balancing act for Najib

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…

Umno must act to prevent a suicide run

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…

UMNO: Tepuk dada tanyalah selera

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…

PAS does not really hate Umno

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…

Silent No More, Please

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…

How Dubai caused the Arab awakening

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…

Selangor Umno in deep water

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…

We both oppose and support the issue

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,…

Malaysians are too stupid to notice

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…

Where is our Jokowi?

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…

Being a Muslim and transgender

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.…

A letter on atheism

(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…

A big year for Khairy

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.…

To quit, or not to quit

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”.…

The measure of an education

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…

MH17 – A Scandal In The Making

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…