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Should the DAP leave government?

December 31, 2019

After fighting for and dreaming of a place at the table for years, the DAP is now discovering that being …

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Will khat make us more Malaysian?

August 12, 2019

In an ultimately vain attempt to quell the storm within his own ranks over the khat controversy, DAP’s Lim Kit …

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Khat: an unnecessary distraction

August 6, 2019

  Insisting that khat (a form of Malay-Arabic calligraphy) is suddenly “an integral part of Malaysia’s national identity and Bahasa …

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Part 6: Divided we stand

September 21, 2018

Deng Xiaoping once remarked to a visiting Malaysian delegation that if China could find a way to unleash the natural …

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A parliament to be proud of

July 19, 2018

It was a surreal experience sitting in the visitors gallery of the Dewan Rakyat the other day watching members of …

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A nation reborn!

May 10, 2018

There are no words to describe what has just happened. Nothing anyone can say or express can capture the emotions …

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The politics of bigotry & extremism

December 20, 2017

With elections around the corner, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang continues to rant and rave about all sorts of fake …

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Angst in Washington, anger in Kuala Lumpur

September 4, 2017

After months of speculation and, no doubt, frenzied behind-the-scenes lobbying by high-priced and well-connected Washington power-brokers, Prime Minister Najib Tun …

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Mahathir: making the best of a bad situation

August 16, 2016

The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is …

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The Citizen’s Declaration – first step or false start?

March 12, 2016

Last week’s remarkable gathering of political and civil society leaders and the “Citizen’s Declaration” they signed continues to reverberate across …

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We will “be forever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations.” – Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Proclamation of Independence speech, August 31st 1957

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty” ~ John Basil Barnhill

The Short Shrift

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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