The Malay Dilemma Revisited
In what may well be a prelude to a significant policy shift, Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has taken to …
Tag Archives: UMNO
Mahathir and the ICERD affair
Saturday’s anti-ICERD demonstration has given rise to many questions. Why was the government so unprepared to defend one of its …
ICERD & the end of Malaysia Baru
The more things change, the more they stay the same ~ Alphonse Karr Malaysians must be scratching their heads over …
Does UMNO deserve a second chance?
As the 1MDB noose tightens around former UMNO president Najib Tun Razak and more and more details emerge of the …
Old Battles in New Malaysia: Part 1
Mahathir & Anwar: The unfinished battle The honeymoon is over. The euphoria over BN’s defeat is dissipating. Now the unfinished …
Part 7: Rethinking race
In many ways, we are several different people groups living together in the same space, coming together when we must …
Part 6: Divided we stand
Deng Xiaoping once remarked to a visiting Malaysian delegation that if China could find a way to unleash the natural …
National unity or Malay supremacy?
In recent days there has been an avalanche of comments on whether the government should recognise the Unified Examination Certificate …
A parliament to be proud of
It was a surreal experience sitting in the visitors gallery of the Dewan Rakyat the other day watching members of …
What’s so special about Zakir Naik?
What’s so special about Zakir Naik? Why is he so uniquely deserving of Putrajaya’s support and attention? These are among the …
