Anyway, as usual, I am digressing. What I just wanted to tell you is that the coffee shop talk about me owning a BMW 7 series is correct. But it was not Dr Mahathir who bought me that car because…

Don’t always look down on the Malays. Don’t always assume that the Malays are hopeless. Don’t always assume that if the Malays want to drive a car instead of ride a bicycle, and if they want to do…

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,…

I can’t understand why Marina must pay for the sins and crimes of her father while you do not need to also pay for the sins and crimes of your parents. What double standards are these you are…

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…

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…

And this third part is more difficult than the first two parts. It is easy to whack and expose wrongdoings and transgressions and to come out with untold stories. But to train Malaysians in how to…

So you see, once we debate the subject of freedom we need to take so many issues into consideration. But if we just debate your notion of freedom then that is not democracy because in such a…

The title of this article is ‘Pushing the envelope’ and this is what I am doing here, pushing the envelope. But it is a debate that we need to have because once you declare war against extremism…

First learn what freedom of speech actually means before you talk about it. Then learn how to allow others freedom of speech before you demand that the government allows you freedom of speech.…

I strongly believed that Malaysia’s education system should be English-based. I did not support the idea of Chinese or Indian schools, or even Bahasa Malaysia for national schools. I was not just…

I fear that DAP is soon going to learn what ‘you can’t fight City Hall’ means. DAP can rant and rave and allege that it is being persecuted and is being subjected to unfair treatment.…

Dream on! First learn how to guard your mouth before we talk about a non-racial Malaysia. Your mouth is your worst enemy that is keeping racism in Malaysia alive. Hell, you cannot even marry…

And, once this happens, all Malaysians will know that Anwar Ibrahim pulled off the biggest con in Malaysian history and that there are no 40,000 Bangladeshi voters or power failures/blackouts during…

The IGP says that the Shia movement is a terrorist movement. Actually, all religions are terrorist movements without exception. Religion makes us scared. Religion is the doctrine of fear. We believe…

By equating money being illegally taken out of the country with corruption, the opposition is suggesting that by eliminating corruption this would automatically stop money from leaving Malaysia. This…

When asked during an interview soon after he retired in November 2003 what his greatest regret was, Tun replied that his greatest regret was that in his 22 years as Prime Minister he still could not…

Nevertheless, how many Jews, Christians or Muslims would live by the ideals, standards and demands of Psalm 23? We would be lucky if we can find even 1% who do. To the rest of the 99%, Psalm 23 is…

Kucing kurap is akin to a mangy dog. It means an animal that suffers from chronic skin disease, sleeps on the streets and in back alleys, and eats out of drains and dustbins -- basically an animal…

In short, the Tun was never an Umno (lama) member. However, he became an Umno (baru) member. And he was Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister for two years, an Umno Supreme Council Member for many years,…

Hence, in short, Satan was a later-day belief of deviationist teachings that early practitioners of the Abrahamic faith rejected as nonsense. And now KTemoc Konsiders may be sent to jail for posting a…

Okay, PAS wants to weed out the Syiah followers from the party. What about the Christian, Hindu and Buddhist followers? Are we also going to weed them out as well? And why not? If the Syiah are bad…

Do you think this is easy? Even the ‘more progressive’ Chinese and Indians are still a very superstitious lot and believe in temples, feng shui, lucky charms, ghosts, spirits, black magic,…

Hmm…that may be the problem after all. Malaysians are still running the 1955 Version 1.0 operating system (when Blacks or African Americans in the US had to sit at the back of the white bus) and we…

That is incorrect. Politics is marketing. You market your party or your candidate just like you would your company or your product. Hence you need to position your party or candidate just like you…

Some readers did not get what I said and thought that I claimed Dr Asri has debunked the Hadith (or that I used Dr Asri’s statement to debunk the Hadith). Actually, I said no such thing if you can…

So carry on and be emotional. That is your right. You can be emotional about your religion. You can be emotional about your language. You can be emotional about your culture, customs and traditions.…

I once related a story (I think it was eight or nine years ago) about one of Anwar Ibrahim’s old classmates in MCKK, a retired army colonel, who went to do his Friday prayers at the KLCC mosque. The…

It is believed that much of the Hadith were created by ‘spin-doctors’ during the time of the Muslim divide and civil wars. Hence many are suspect. And the Hadith is very important because while the…

In that sense, the religionists and politicians are all the same. They expect you to agree with them and if you do not then you are the enemy. If you are a Catholic you must agree with Rome. If you…