Will the real Malays of the 21st century in this 19th century country stand up? Umar Mukhtar Does the Australian political party, One Nation Party of Pauline Hanson, reflect Australian…

But to be fair, PKR is keeping a tight leash on Azmin’s reign; it is an open secret that his political mentor, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, is devising ways to dictate and shadow every move made.…

A few days ago, I was on a panel on Bill Maher’s television show on HBO that became a religious war. Nicholas Kristof, NY Times Whether or not Islam itself inspires conflict, debates about it…

The prohibition or limitation on freedom of speech – that has somehow been allowed by the Constitution itself – can now be curtailed and this ground of curtailment cannot be removed. Aziz Bari,…

Like the BN ministers have told us and likely to tell us again, it is time to tighten belts and change our lifestyles, for we can expect politicians to gorge themselves on the pork barrels whilst…

The local papparazi seem happy to give him their stamp of confidence based only on his intentions. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today Azmin Ali has been in the Selangor Menteri Besar’s office…

As Nick Clegg said, we need to defend the values that we hold dear. But when we participate in violating and corrupting those values who are we to shout and scream? There can be no corrupt police…

PKR, which has its roots in the reform movement born 16 years ago, is now almost a duplicate of Umno. Roslan Bistamam, FMT The Reformasi movement was born 16 years ago in 1998, soon after…

So, finally the police have clearly shown their true colours who they are serving. Not the “rakyat dan negara” (people and country) but Umno. Ng Kee Seng, The Ant Daily The following news…

Many failed to realise that the public seemingly unrealistic reaction to the fuel rationalisation is not about not appreciating the fact that our subsidy spending has grown too much. Another…

(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…