COMMENT To laugh or to cry? That is the question that I must answer every time I click through the online political, business or economic stories on Malaysia. Three of these caught my attention over the weekend.

One was about premier Najib Abdul Razak praising Dr Mahathir Mohamad no end over Proton’s success. It’s the kind of grubby grovelling that sickens you, as if Mahathir were a demigod.