Utusan Melayu or Ugutan Melayu?

 Is Utusan Melayu a threat to the advancement of the Malays? Is it still a popular tabloid that now uses threatening means to maintain readership? Or is it merely a continuation of a cultural…

The Dumbing Down of Malaysia

It would seem that a reasoned analysis of Malaysia cannot be made without some comparison with Singapore. Like it or not, Singapore’s history and future are very much linked with those of Malaysia.…

Looking east – to Sabah and Sarawak

By Sim Kwang YangThe running joke going the round in Sabah and Sarawak for decades has been that you hear about these two East Malaysian states only during the daily weather report following prime…

DAY 3 – 26 MARCH 2003 (Part 3)

Anwar had to explain what he did six years before that, over a period of 90 days. And though it was not Anwar’s task to prove where he was but the prosecution’s task to do so, Anwar still managed to…

Sleeping together now

Kalimullah and RPK? Kali the source of moolah for Raja Petra Kamarudin to operate comfortably from a Bayswater apartment (pic, source Utusan/the Star*) London? I've heard whispers but didn't think…

MiG-29

Dr Mahathir MohamadSaya dengar pesawat pejuang MiG-29 Tentera Udara Di-Raja Malaysia sudah tidak dapat digunakan lagi. Jika saya tidak silap umur pesawat ini kurang daripada 20 tahun.

MACC wants PI Bala to write formally

 By G. Manimaran, The Malaysian Insider The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) is seeking a formal request from private investigator P. Balasubramaniam to enable the graft busters to probe…

Indelible ink mystery still unsolved

By Suganya Lingan, Free Malaysia TodayFor 21 months, Malaysians for Free and Fair Election (Mafrel) has waited for the Election Commission (SPR) to provide evidence supporting its decision against…

Transcultural musings on Christmas eve

How do we evolve - from man to metaphysical beings? How do we evolve - as the Malays would say - from manusia to insan to insanul Kamil? So that the larger Inner world harmonises with the smaller one…

Pakatan MPs slam don over racial formula

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders lashed out today at prominent Utusan Malaysia columnist Dr Ridhuan Tee Abdullah for suggesting that Malay-Muslims have…

Wee, why work for free?

I refer to the news item "MCA rebel leader decries character assassination" (published in malaysiakini Dec 26). I think Wee Ka Siong's clarification only raised more questions than it answers. While…

School is so near and yet so far

I’VE been living in the Kasawari area of Bandar Puchong Jaya since 2003. SJK (C) Ladang Harcroft started construction around 2006 and was completed about a year later. The school, in Jalan Kasawari…

Mkini: Shared dilemma for BN and Pakatan

This country is at a crossroads. This is a crossroads which we cannot afford to pause for too long to decide which path to take. In the recent weeks, we have seen both coalitions, Barisan Nasional and…

Gambar : Demo Penyokong PAS? Selangor..

SHAH ALAM, Dis 27 — Khabar angin berhubung pesanan SMS yang disebarkan sejak kelmarin terjawab pagi tadi apabila sebuah kumpulan yang menggelar diri mereka sebagai Gerakan Penyokong dan Pengundi PAS…

Teknik untuk mengalihkan isu

Di dalam politik, teknik untuk “mengalihkan isu” adalah penting untuk memastikan seseorang pemimpin atau ahli politik terus bertahan. Hari ini isu yang hebat diperkatakan adalah mengenai kes…

Power Supply in Sabah

This subject has been given wide media coverage for many years. Insufficient power supply is a bane on our lives, not to mention on the effects it has on our economic development. The other basic…

Zimbawe, Tale of a Failed State

By Kenny GanRhodesia was a British colony in Southern Africa until Ian Smith unilaterally declared independence from Britain in 1965 and ruled as its first Prime Minister heading a white minority…