Have some of us lost the plot?

by Marina Mahathir, The Star As we reflect on the past year, let’s resolve to be strong and wake up to reality in 2014. ALTHOUGH this is my first column for 2014, I’m actually writing this…

Window dressing

By Tay Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily Translated by Dominic Loh Finally, the sound-insulated Putrajaya begins to hear the outside voices, and has come up with unimpressive 11 austerity measures.…

MT Letter – Equal religious rights

Dear Sir, Article 11 of the federal constitution says every person has the right to profess and practice his own religion. Every person has the right to propagate his religion, but state law…

Islam was a process of evolution

Take note, though, that my views are not exactly what you would call the popular view and I base my assumptions on the recorded history of that period, specifically in that region. And note, also,…

2013: A year of promise that never was

What's in store for 2014? Maria J Dass examines 2013 and what the promises that we missed out on. 'Just Say It' by Maria J Dass AS 2013 dawned, there was much to look forward to. It was…

Reject the Stadium Solution

Ong Kar Jin Every single time an NGO wants to stage a protest, the immediate reaction is to first deny permission and then to suggest that the protest be held in a stadium.  This stadium knee…

Our moral duty to our descendants

We have a moral duty to our descendants. And it is immoral to spend their money indiscriminately just so that we can have a better life while we care a damn about what Malaysians of 2100 are going…

Spin and spin, yet again

And now Malaysiakini seeks Norian Mai’s opinion regarding the right of Malaysians to hold peaceful demonstrations? So what next is Malaysiakini going to do? Seek Chua Soi Lek’s opinion regarding…

Unit Maklumat Palsu PKR

Empire Strikes Back Bagi melaksanakan perang saraf secara terancang, PKR telah menubuhkan satu unit khas di bawah Pengarah Strategi PKR, Rafizi Ramli. Rafizi memang dikenali sebagai ‘pakar…

Claiming the moral high ground

We must return to the time of how we did things back in 1998. Back in those days even the foreign media picked up what we said and quoted us in their news reports on Malaysia. Today, the foreign…

PKR’s misinformation unit

Empire Strikes Back PKR has set up a very elaborate psy-war unit under ‘strategist’ Rafizi Ramli that specialises in the politics of misinformation and disinformation. This unit was actually…

‘Ops Cantas’ dalam DAP

Empire Strikes Back Sikap gila kuasa DAP tidak terhad kepada parti itu sahaja malah di dalam Pakatan Rakyat sendiri. Tindakan ‘potong jalan’ di kawasan-kawasan yang dilihat sebagai ‘favorite’…

Create the right mindset for 2014

The faster we change our thought process from individualism and start focusing on nationalism, the better we will progress as a nation Julian Leicester, FMT It’s in the air. It’s just hours…

Umno’s caveman politics

Sakmongkol AK47, The Malaysian Insider The donkeys in Umno are coming out braying. Here and there, they were elected as leaders. The most fundamental building block of excellence - demanding…

The erosion of rights and freedom

Ironic is it not that you lost your rights and freedom the day you decided to organise yourself as a community in the interest of protecting these same rights and freedom? NO HOLDS BARRED…

It’s about time we free the press

It's easy to put all the blame on the government. Let's be honest, to begin with, journalists must take a hard look at ourselves. Bob Teoh, mysinchew The increasingly clampdown on newspapers…

Pelbagaikan Sumber Pendapatan Negara

Kepada Y.A.B. P.M. yang Dihormati, Salam 1Malaysia. Ingin saya meluahkan sedikit sebanyak pandangan tentang caranya memperbagaikan sumber pendapatan dan mengelakkan kenaikan harga pada…