Passing the baton

Gobind, make your father proud. Show us that your father moulded you and brought you up in the proper way. Show the nation that you have what it takes to walk in those large shoes of the late…

A disturbing dichotomy

We need to cool things down a bit to resolve the sad saga of legal conflict due to religious issues. Shad Saleem Faruqi, The Star  THE domestic discord between a fractious couple (which…

When Man plays God

Ex-Convent Girl Does one really need to follow a religion to believe in God? Does one really need political parties to believe in change? Religion and politics are pretty much like oil and…

Opposition divided over hudud issue

A dream is about to come true for PAS which is pushing Parliament to give the nod to implement hudud law in Kelantan but its coalition partners are having nightmares about it. Joceline Tan, The…

Coming home to roost

Kedah has since been lost to Barisan Nasional and the Menteri Besar has since died while Khalid was reappointed the Menteri Besar of Selangor a second term in 2013 in spite of the unflattering…

Losing the madness

Visnu Natesan We have lost the plot in the search for a better country. Our society has become pessimistic without much thoughts or critical thinking. Many disagree for the sake of disagreeing.…

Behaving like the master

PKR wants to make major decisions without fully consulting its partners, which could weaken its position within Pakatan Rakyat. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, The Star SOON after Datuk Seri Anwar…

Melayu: The clash of identity

With the advent of urbanisation, both physical and mental, urban Malays like me, are constantly struggling to fend off those who would rob us of our identity while creating our own.  Mikhail…

Federalisation is NOT colonisation

Salleh Said Keruak Of late we have been reading a lot of comments regarding the status of Sabah and Sarawak within the Federation of Malaysia, in particular in relation to the 5% oil royalty.…

Love at first fight

41 years ago today, on 14th April 1973, Marina and I were married. Marina was 18 and I was 22 and we had been ‘going steady’ for four years since she was 14 and I was 18. NO HOLDS BARRED…

Anwar, your honest answers please!

FMT LETTER: From Huan Cheng Guan, via e-mail Since the crossover that never materialised in Sept 16, 2008, Anwar Ibrahim has proven time and again that his claims are highly dubious and his…

Can Sabah and S’wak secede?

The 1963 Malaysia Agreement is void ab initio; can the 1965 Singapore Separation Agreement further invalidate something that is clearly invalid in the first instance Vidal Yudin Weil, FMT…

When I asked to join DAP

And from that day I became a pariah in the eyes of the Pakatan Rakyat supporters. The issue they raise is that I had ‘turned away’ from Pakatan Rakyat. I think it is more like Pakatan Rakyat that…

Memali must be revisited

FMT LETTER: From Syed Izzaddin Jaafar, via e-mail The sleepy kampung of Memali in Baling, Kedah entered into the public consciousness all bloody and frayed 29 years ago. Fourteen men, deviants…