Dear Dyana,

Zaid Ibrahim It must be painful for you to have lost the Teluk Intan by-election by a narrow margin, when you should have won comfortably. You have been personally abused and maligned, and…

The Teluk Intan Lesson

So folks, in brief the country is screwed. Between the clueless gomen and the freaking opposition we are royally screwed.  There is an alternative. There is always hope. We need some guts, some…

The rise of Pakatan’s third-liners

Sheridan Mahavera, The Malaysian Insider Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud did not win the Teluk Intan by-election last night but she still followed in the footsteps of her party’s elders while at the same…

Teluk Intan and all that jazz

Azly Rahman What is promised to our youth in this by-election that is pitching the old versus the young? What do we need to see radically changed in our society? Here are my thoughts,…

More to middling traps than meet the eye

Ooi Kee Beng WHAT seems to have happened in Malaysian politics since 2008 is that we have a voter population that is divided right down the middle, and given the nature of the game, this state…

PAS an unfailing friend to DAP

Whatever the outcome in Teluk Intan, the Islamist party has proven that it is a sincere partner in Pakatan Selena Tay, Free Malaysia Today Today is the moment of truth for Teluk Intan. This…

Teluk Intan defection fiasco a non-issue?

It is left to be seen after polling day tomorrow whether such campaign tactics could still work towards maintaining BN's hold on the rural vote banks.  Sonia Ramachandran and Alyaa Alhadjri, …

Racing in Malaysia

Or: How I flew 23,000 miles to drive a diesel station wagon in soul-crushing traffic, sleep in a hotel with bloodstains on the headboard, and lose a race to a 1.5-liter hatchback mostly because I…

If a pig drank from a river…

Once upon a midnight dreary, a cute pinky-pie pig was taking a walk along a beautiful river that flowed through a beautiful tropical rain forest. Zan Azlee, TMI It was a nice night. Crickets…

Déjà vu Chegubard

KTemoc Konsiders HEALTH WARNING: Readers who may suffer medically from kaytee's wakakaka-ing are advised not to read this post as there's mucho wakakaka's, wakakaka! The Star Online - PKR…

Can Malays accept Chinese rule?

In short, what the Chinese keep telling the Malays is that without Umno and the many government policies that allow special treatment for the incapable and stupid Malays, all the useless and…

Beware of Princess Dyana

In this satirical piece, the writer nails home some home truths in a humourous way Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Free Malaysia Today The antics of Umno Youth who seemed to act like organised thugs…

Racist leaders harming the nation

Umno Baru continues to send a dangerous message, that the party and violence are inseparable Jeswan Kaur, Free Malaysia Today Brute force and Umno Baru Youth go hand in hand. From the days…

Muslim religious freedom

The excessive pre-emptive action in trying to stop the private members’ bills on hudud from going for its first reading in Parliament shows how intolerant some people are towards Islam, says …

It’s halal, no question about it

The Muslim public in Malaysia are easily worked up over issues such as this, thanks again, as I have always stated in the past, to the way Islam is taught in this country. Abdar Rahman Koya,…

Who gained from May 13?

The incident provided an excuse to suspend the Constitution, to neutralize Tunku and to introduce Emergency rule. The result was an environment in which privileges for Malays could be easily…