(1.) The Star is misreporting or (2.) Wahid does not know what he is saying. OutSyed the Box Last nite I was talking to a foreigner who lives and works here. Not from Nepal, Arab countries,…

We always seem to think that we have no choice when it comes to doing evil, but plenty of choice to do good things that we then don’t exercise. Marina Mahathir, The Star THERE are times when…

Khalid Samad Kebelakangan ini banyak pula yang dikomen oleh ISMA terhadap diri saya. Temuraham berhubung Oktoberfest sememangnya bertujuan untuk menyerang saya. Tetapi tidak mengapa. Lebih…

 Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser The reasons cited by Malaysian universities for not participating in the Times Higher Education Supplement’s Top 400 World University Rankings (THES) are suspect…

Lim Teck Ghee, Malay Mail Online Among the thousands of celebratory messages put out by the nation’s political leaders during festive holidays for public consumption during the last decade, the…

They have no way of taking him from Britain to face charges in Malaysia. Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today Recently, The Ant Daily carried an article in which the writer asked why the…

The Umno general assembly may not be the proper forum to discuss axing vernacular schools. Their defenders won't be there. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today It's the silly season once again,…

Ahmad Mustapha Hassan, The Ant Daily This piece is an offshoot of the old colonial theory of the lazy natives. But this theory was debunked by the late Professor Syed Hussein Al-Attas in his…

It is unthinkable that two years down the road police are still quoting from the Police Act when commenting on peaceful gatherings.  Hazlan Zakaria, The Ant Daily It was no surprise that…

The federal government did not spend it for Sabah, certainly not for development as the Minister was attempting to infer. Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman STAR Sabah It is sad the…

Alvin is purposely pushing the buttons of the Malaysian government and using their response to support his claim for political asylum Rebutted Opinions Alvin Tan is no stranger to…

Life of Annie Someone told me yesterday to stop fooling around and get back to the business of whacking Pakatan. He felt that of late I have been too pre-occupied with criticizing the Johor…

M. Bakri Musa The key to any high performing school is the teachers. Both Korean schools (Daewon and Minjuk mentioned earlier) actively sought graduates of top universities to be on their…

Press Statement SJKCs educate children of all races to be patriotic, peace loving and law abiding Malaysian citizens. To claim that Chinese vernacular schools are sowing racist sentiments to our…

Reuters At the murky shore of a fishing village on the Malaysian side of the Singapore Strait, Ghazali Malik cleans out the mud and small stones tangled in his boat’s fishing net. He says…

There isn’t a Constitutional right to the schools  Faidhur Rahman Abdul Hadi, Malay Mail Online The comments of MCA Religious Harmony Bureau Chairman Datuk Ti Lian Ker against Umno Petaling…

It may sound strange, but it is true. In Sabah, even a stone speaks and speaks loudly when the repeated cries of the people in this Borneo state are left unanswered by the people in power at…

When you aim low, you will naturally be satisfied when your achievement is not far off that low target. A. Kadir Jasin OUR sports officials set for themselves a modest target of eight gold…

Hazlan Zakaria, The Ant Daily While vindictive politics may or may not be involved, Selangor government's freezing of the Skim Mesra Usia Emas (SMUE) accounts for Bandar Tun Razak parliamentary…

Muslims need to re-evaluate the pilgrimage and ask whether they have met the ideals and objectives of the pilgrimage. The pilgrimage is not about a set of rituals but about your soul being…

Word battles over the meaning of 'jihad' are not just about semantics. Meanings of words have to be contested, to fight the ideas behind them. Farish A. Noor The word "jihad" is once again…

New politics or old politics? Not many people can tell the difference after all that political drama in Selangor.  Joceline Tan SELANGOR Mentri Besar Azmin Ali is apparently on the lookout…

Abdar Rahman Koya, TMI Muslim women’s clothing has been a source of debate among ordinary Muslims and scholars, and like the Sunni-Shiite conflict, it never ends. It is a popular topic among…

K.S. Lee Much press has been given to DAP’s denunciation of the sexist attacks on its women recruits namely Dyana Sofea; Syefura Othman, better known as Rara; and Jamila Rahim, also known as…

Ng Kee Seng, The Ant Daily We sure have a very strange and “funny” Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar. He talks big, insulting the intelligence of Malaysians and…

The current dysfunction within PR is all too obvious as seen in the Pengkalan Kubor wash-out. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today All about the news portals and cyber-space we read…

The MB should stop attacking Khalid and get on with the job of governing Selangor. Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today Azmin Ali will mark his first 100 days as Selangor Menteri Besar this…

Malaysians may forgive him for being a sex blogger but not for being such a childish pest who thinks the country owes him a living. Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Free Malaysia Today Alvin Tan and…

The advocates of a multicultural Malaysia should therefore be comfortable in believing both that “Malaysia belongs to all Malaysians today” and “Malaysia was the lands of Malays and the indigenous…

The best time to cut subsidies is when prices are falling, especially with the fixed price mechanism we use here in Malaysia. Economics Malaysia So, effective yesterday, petrol prices at the…