Wag the dog

Oh, and before you start huffing and puffing and blow the house down, reflect on another ‘wag the dog’ that I always talk about. Do you remember that I always say ‘the tail wags the dog’ instead…

Now what have you got to say?

Last time never uttered even one squeak. Today talk so much. Now what have you got to say? Blame Umno’s education system that made you stupid? I suppose we can also do that. Then you do not need…

Words that annoy!

KTemoc Konsiders Currently there's one word that annoys me enormously. No, it's not 'looes74', wakakaka (actually I'm fond of him so you can call him my loverlooes, cium cium cium, wakakaka…

Keep politics in order

Lim Mun Fah, MM An official car and a string of kangkung could stir up roaring waves in our society. Politics has seeped deep into the very grains of our society. Where there is politics,…

When stupidity reigns supreme

Faridah Hameed, MM Just how much ridiculousness can a country tolerate before it becomes unhinged? Why does it feel like when the subject of faith is on the table, we speak in forked tongues…

Religious freedom: who has it worldwide?

(Guardian) - To measure religious restrictions around the world, the Pew Research Center has attempted to look at government policies and social hostilities. Their findings suggest that religious…

The blasphemous Malay Bible

The long and the short of it is there is only one God, Allah, and God has no children, no parents, and no partners. NO HOLDS BARRED  Raja Petra Kamarudin Today, someone speculated (in a…

DAP, apa salah RoS?

Empire Strikes Back Kecaman demi kecaman dilemparkan pada RoS, malah yang terbaru, RoS diugut akan berdepan dengan tindakan mahkamah sekiranya RoS masih tidak mahu mengikhtiraf Jawatankuasa…

The fine art of Malaysian debate

By Marina Mahathir, The Star IN light of recent events and with the lack of guidance from up top on how to conduct ourselves in an argument, I thought I would volunteer some tips on How to Win…

Najib Wrong to Blame Malaysians

Kee Thuan Chye Prime Minister Najib Razak is wrong to blame Malaysians for the country’s standing in comparison to Japan and South Korea. He says Malaysia is not as developed and…

No Need To Restore The ISA

Dr Chandra Muzaffar It would be unwise to restore the Internal Security Act (ISA). Of the many features of the ISA, it was detention without trial which had evoked widespread condemnation.…

Why evade the real issue, Kit Siang?

Empire Strikes Back Lim Kit Siang wrote this in his blog: The Empire Strikes Back – and the plot for a putsch by reactionary anti-democratic forces thickens with the call for a return of Tun…

Is it all because of Kit Siang?

Sin Chew Daily With party's parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang's blessing, Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong gained nine votes and defeated Skudai assemblyman Dr Boo Cheng Hau who gained five votes in…

Who is the leader?

How is it that Umno, a party that has been in power for so long, has suddenly become subservient to these relatively young entities? By Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Free Malaysia Today Even if you…

25 banned words: Silence of the minority

by Terence Fernandez When the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment was passed by the State Legislative Assembly on April 4, 1988, the only two voices…

When conflicts become religious

As the Bible says, on the sixth day, God created man, and on the seventh day, God rested. And on the day that God rested man, out of boredom and with nothing else to do, created religions. And…