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The growing fear of the free society

Kuala Lampur, May 21 -- A free society dances to the beat of civil disagreements. The presence of differences embodies, nay, advertises such a society. However, a tedium-bent segment objects to free ... Read More


Our historical absolutism loses the audience

Kuala Lampur, May 14 -- We are shaped by our past. Anyone walking past a university's history department would half expect to come across a poster like that. Nothing gaudy like dinosaurs or Roman sla... Read More


The Negeri Sembilan impasse unveils parallel pathways 

Kuala Lampur, April 30 -- Life is imperfect. Democracy is an earnest attempt to enable the rule of the people.  It's rife with imperfections, like my relationship with Sugu, my Seremban cousin t... Read More


The Negeri Sembilan impasse unveils parallel pathways

Kuala Lampur, April 30 -- Life is imperfect. Democracy is an earnest attempt to enable the rule of the people. It's rife with imperfections, like my relationship with Sugu, my Seremban cousin through... Read More


The return of Khairy

Kuala Lampur, April 23 -- Umno turns 100 in 2046, and there's every chance if it heads the federal government then Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar is prime minister. Of course, if in 1961 someone posited... Read More


Malaysia's daily obsession with the petrol pump

Kuala Lampur, April 16 -- The obvious issue plaguing our daily lives the past month needs no introduction. I'd like to address the transportation and existential elements of the situation here in Mal... Read More


Where are you going Hamzah Zainudin?

Kuala Lampur, April 9 -- Destination currently reads, nowhere. He's fading faster than expected. It's as though after being kicked out of Bersatu, Hamzah Zainudin stands in the parking lot, toying wi... Read More


The Malayan Union reminder

Kuala Lampur, April 2 -- Bizarre to say the least that the 80th anniversary of the Malayan Union yesterday went without mention. That seminal moment in this country about to start its jog to independ... Read More


GE16 in 2026, demand side view

Kuala Lampur, March 5 -- How do they see it, and how many will show up, which way will they choose? Coalition partner's impatience probably turns 2026 into an election year. Speaking of an election,... Read More


Auditors add the UKM scalp, the fight is real

Kuala Lampur, Feb. 26 -- Here's the government agency we really need, the "Simply Put" agency. To fight the country's deadly epidemic, garble. Which pads poor, probably criminal, deeds with complexit... Read More