Wayang kulit, pigs and Islam

Zan Azlee, The Malaysian Insider I remember many years ago, I directed a documentary film about Dollah Baju Merah, the last classically trained wayang kulit dalang in Malaysia from Kelantan.…

When Najib does a Pak Lah

But the Council is no longer happy with Najib. According to what Dr Mahathir said (which was reported by the media), Najib is giving in too much to the Chinese (and yet the Chinese still do not…

Consensus Pakatan-style

FMT LETTER: From Shaun Yap, via e-mail Anwar Ibrahim always boasts about how things are done based on consensus in Pakatan Rakyat, unlike in Barisan Nasional where things are done according to…

Is time running out for M’sia?

A likely scenario will see Malaysia take a sharper turn towards an Islamic conservative future with the right wingers and other powerful stake players seizing power. By Lim Teck Ghee, FMT In…

The Najib-Anwar Weakly Show (Part 2)

Zaid Ibrahim Did I make a grave error in my last posting when I said that the Pakatan Rakyat’s team, led by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, have been in negotiations with Prime Minister Dato’ Sri…

An article for lame brains

And this was the man who tried to get me stuffed into jail. And this is whom you call the darling of the opposition. And you lame brains still cannot understand why I whack the opposition? You…

Why the stir over kangkung?

By Azmi Sharom, The Star Things are being blown out of proportion over the issue with some viewing it through race-tinted glasses. Are they blind to the fact that the people who are annoyed at…

Shut the Mouths that Threaten May 13

Kee Thuan Chye It’s disturbing, to say the least. Street protests staged by Umno and/or groups affiliated to or inspired by it invariably espouse the threat of violence and express racial…

Khalid Ibrahim in political peril?

As RPK had written in one of his posts: 'Anyway, whatever it may be, Khalid is not PKR’s Menteri Besar. He is not even Pakatan Rakyat’s Menteri Besar. He is His Highness the Sultan’s Menteri Besar,…

Deception of the devil

If I were Iblis, though, instead of trying to convince humankind that God does not exist, which is harder to do, I would convince humankind that God does, in fact, exist and that God has a…

The education, stupid!

Maybe the Malaysian government should look into this and come out with a master plan on how national schools can emulate Chinese schools so that the standard of national schools can improve. NO…

How we agree to disagree

So Anwar has two stands. Personally he throws his lot behind PAS and supports the ban but as the Opposition Leader he throws his lot behind DAP and opposes the ban. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER…

Plot thickens in PKNS sacking saga

by Joceline Tan, The Star The controversy over the sacking of PKR deputy president Azmin Ali from the board of PKNS or Selangor Development Corporation has taken on shades of a political soap…

No quarter asked and none given

And if Anwar Ibrahim and PAS compromise on this issue they are out come next election. And if Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak compromises he is out even before the next election. THE CORRIDORS…

The real hindrance to progress

And this is the real problem facing the Muslim world, Malaysia included. People think they know better and they tell us what we can and cannot do. They forbid us from doing what they think will…

The Najib-Anwar Weakly Show

Zaid Ibrahim It came as a surprise to many people that Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak and Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim have been holding “secret negotiations” for a…

Cita-cita Lim Guan Eng…DAP Baru?

Empire Strikes Back Adakah kedegilan Lim Guan Eng menyelesaikan kemelut dengan RoS hanya gimik supaya DAP Baru boleh diwujudkan? Gambaran bahawa Lim Guan Eng mahu mewujudkan parti yang…