The Third Force After a thirteen-day mudslinging contest against the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), Parti Amanah Negara (PAN) conceded defeat over the weekend in a twin by-election that was…

The Third Force First, we’ll take off with what took place two days ago. Last Tuesday, Lim Kit Siang plunged himself deeper into the gutter seeing that Barisan Nasional (BN) was likely to…

The Third Force On the 24th of March earlier this year, United States (US) President Barack Obama and his family boarded Air Force One for a leisure trip to Argentina. It was a family getaway,…

The Third Force So many things in the lead up to the Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar by-elections have been unprecedented, that so much so, the word itself has lost meaning. One can immediately…

The Third Force Call them wishful thinkers, call them what you may – there are people rooting for Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim (TSKI) to be returned as Selangor Menteri Besar (MB). Every time the…

The Third Force Last Friday, Dato’ Seri Liow Tiong Lai became the first MCA president in history to issue a caveat against Malaysian Muslims and a sitting Prime Minister. The message between…

The Third Force Tun Dr. Mahathir Muhammad has refused to name his choice candidate as head of government, and yet, insists that Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak be brought down to save the nation.…

The Third Force If Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim were to be granted one wish by a genie, it wouldn’t be to walk out of jail a free man – he knows, as do we all, that some things can never be…

The Third Force Malaysia is in crisis – Ramasamy has begun bitching in public. Someone, please, send in the clowns. Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) of Penang and the guy who sits next to you in…

The Third Force Six hundred odd people watched yesterday as Tun Dr. Mahathir Muhammad addressed a public forum at the Straits Quay Convention Centre in Penang. The event was not without irony –…

The Third Force “The sky can either be red or blue, but not both.” That was the colour Rafizi Ramli painted the podium with early this year, the 9th of January, when he laid down the law –…

The Third Force On the 17th of August 2010, Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (hereinafter referred to as MPPP or simply, ‘the council’) issued a call for qualified bidders to submit proposals on…

The Third Force Last Saturday, Tengku Tan Sri Razaleigh Hamzah hammered in the usual drivel about him not supporting Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad’s perception play against Prime Minister Dato’…

The Third Force Fractured ex-premier Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad is good at manipulating people – he gets them to do his dirty work, and by the time they’re done, he is left with a document trail…

The Third Force A new conspiracy is brewing, and to fuel it up, the team of saboteurs that tried to get the Prime Minister (PM) arrested last July have tied the nuptials with the least…

The Third Force Malaysia’s fractured ex-premier Mahathir Mohammad desperately wants an episode of Four Corners aired by RTM, and for a reason – he may have sponsored the documentary. Last…

The Third Force I’ll admit that the title is a little overboard. But the idea is just about as idiotic as the statement Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad made last Sunday. According to the former…

The Third Force On a scale of ‘being incredibly stupid’ to ‘being incredibly smart’, Lim Guan Eng registers midway as ‘being slow’ – which is why, the DAP Secretary General shouldn’t be putting…

The Third Force Two media crewmen from Down Under travelled thousands of miles north just to tell Malaysians what it means to be an Asian leader – jack shit. The reporter and cameraman from…

The Third Force That’s what some of my critics have been asking me repeatedly. And it’s not the only issue they have with me. In the thick of a bruising media-fuelled spat between Tun Dr. Mahathir…

The Third Force Closet deliberations amongst opposition lawmakers broke into public view last Sunday following a sharply-worded speech by DAP’s Charles Santiago. The Member of Parliament (MP)…

The Third Force A man with a thousand shades of grey on his head is what they’re calling Tun Dr. Mahathir these days. Colour those shades orange, and call him Donald Trump – the same arrogance, the…

The Third Force For the past year or so, a good number of politicians from both sides of the political divide have been labouring under the misconception that they could wrestle the job of Prime…

The Third Force Former premier Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad has been trafficking in prejudice of his own doing since 2007 – and none of us knew about it. After having read the darker pages from…

Najib may have been a Pak Lah loyalist who accidentally became the Prime Minister. But by the time Mahathir realised his ‘folly’ in 2009, it was too late to do anything other than to put on a fake…

The Third Force Heavy hitters Malaysiakini (Kini) and The Malaysian Insider (Insider) have done it again. Well known for their random collection of half informed thoughts and controvertible…

The Third Force ‘Prime Minister’ is proving to be a title too horrific to bear for Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak. Ever since Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tun Daim Zainuddin chaired the roundtable…

The Third Force Journalism largely consists in saying “Dato’ Seri Pakiam is Dead” to people who never knew that Dato’ Seri Pakiam was alive. It is the art of making monkeys out of readers who…

The Third Force Some hours after Malaysia Today ran the first part of this series last Friday, I was met by a person I have always regarded as a virtuoso of reason. This man - both scientist…

The Third Force And the third word for the day is perfidy. Dato’ Seri Najib Razak was perhaps the most quoted man in the week that ended 17th of October 2015. But even more impressive was…