“Mahathir is a man of many contradictions. When we did well in 2004, he said such a strong mandate was not good for the country. When we did not do well in 2008, he heaped all the blame on me. He…

Chan Huan Wei To Dr Mahathir: To a lesser extent, Tun Dr Mahathir has a point in asserting that Malays are lazy. For instance, many Chinese contractors only employ Indonesians to do the…

steadyaku47 What has to happen for the Malays to do to the Chinese what Field Marshall Idi Amin Dada did to the Asians in Uganda when he declared an "economic war" and issued a decree ordering…

The point is many Chinese and Indians talk fondly about the Malays they knew back in the 1950s and 1960s. Then, by the 1970s, things started to change. The Malays started to become more…

Yes, if we open the Pandora’s box and start discussing the issue of moral versus legal, then there are many more issues we need to discuss other than the issue of the Selangor Menteri Besar. NO…

For one thing it was Mahathir who instructed Anwar, who was then an Umno vice-president, to lead a negotiation with the rulers after Umno lost Kelantan in the 1990 general election.  Aziz Bari,…

The area could easily be mistaken for one of the most hostile zones in the world, similar perhaps to Iraq or Afghanistan. Up to a point, that is true. More than 6,000 people have been killed since…

PAS and PKR/DAP are enemies fighting a common enemy, Umno. The true nature of the relationship will emerge if they take over Putrajaya. Roslan Bistamam, FMT When it was revealed that PAS…

Now is no longer the time to make her MB. That is far gone. Now is the time NOT to make him MB. Umar Mukhtar The Selangor Menteri Besar crisis. The constitutional lawyers are crawling all…

Villains who twirl moustaches are easy to spot; but those who cloak themselves with good deeds are well camouflaged Raggie Jessy Modern day Constitutional Monarchy is as much a philosophy as…

Jose Mario Dolor De Vega I refer to Hafidz Baharom’s “The Sedition Act kills rationality and intellect”, Free Malaysia Today, September 7th. I overwhelmingly concur with the brilliant…

So Syed Hamid can take that book of his and shove it up where the sun does not shine. And we have to be very careful of Malays or Muslims who pass themselves off as descendants of Prophet Muhammad…

It just shows that when they are outside the government they scream about transparency and good governance and call for an end to corruption, abuse of power, nepotism and cronyism, but once they…

PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang is bracing himself for a fiery muktamar next week that will see his supporters rising to defend him against those critical of his stand on the Selangor crisis.…

Ishmael Lim, FMT When news of the second leak in the UPSR examinations came to light last Thursday evening, the public’s earlier sense of worry and disappointment must surely have turned into…

By Zainnal Ajamain In theory democracy is an appealing idea, in practice however it is far from perfect.  There are people who take the cynical stand that democracy is the tyranny of the…

The Jewish ulama’ have summarised Judaism to just one thing. Treat others the same way you expect others to treat you. Christianity says the same thing. Do unto others as you would others do unto…

“Sudden change of policy,” said a former Umno strategist when asked about the current spate of arrests and prosecution under the Sedition Act. Mohsin Abdullah Couldn’t say if he was joking…

The Christians of that period believed that the monarch is anointed by God so to question the monarch means you are questioning God. Hence this would become a crime of sedition. And the punishment…

Aspan Alias Dr Mahathir sudah melangkah kehadapan lebih jauh dalam usahanya untuk memberhentikan Najib dari memegang jawatan yang disandangnya sekarang. Jawatan Perdana Menteri yang dipegangnya…

If Malay interests are not being threatened, then what is the use or relevance of having a party built on the ethos of protecting Malay interests? Nathaniel Tan, The Ant Daily “Know…

Zubaidah Abu Bakar, The Rakyat Post NOT much is known about Kedah PAS leader Datuk Phahrolrazi Zawawi, who claims to be the president of Persatuan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia or Pasma, a new…

The question Nadilla Jamil should ask is: why did Anwar not attempt to get that law removed when he had the power to do so? In fact, Anwar was the Acting Prime Minister for two months. In those…

So, you ask this Muslim, can I read the Torah and believe in it and follow it? What about Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1…

Instead of repairing the damage, Lim Guan Eng and Anwar Ibrahim have made it worse. Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has apologised on behalf of DAP…

Ian McIntyre, The Ant Daily Records show that there are about 30 registered political parties in Malaysia now, while 55 had either been deregistered or turned extinct since the country was…

A DAP member from Subang It is what it is today. In this Selangor Menteri Besar debacle, PAS loses the Chinese support. Meanwhile, DAP loses any advancement it has done to change the Malay…

Going against the Sultan will further divide the nation into monarchists and non-monarchists Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today While most lay people are wondering who the palace will anoint…

Between now and November, many things can transpire with the tendency to subvert democracy. It is not entirely impossible for a few assembly members now with Wan Azizah to jump ship given the right…