COMMENT With the degree to which patterns repeat themselves in Malaysian politics, perhaps it is time to adopt a slightly different approach to writing articles. I would feel silly if I just kept repeating the same things over and over again.
A new method I would like to try involves writing one article to elaborate on one hypothesis, and then use future articles to explore how unfolding affairs support or detract from this hypothesis, using the original article as a reference.
Here is today’s hypothesis: One of the most defining features in Malaysian politics across the board since the 13th general election is its absence of any direction, caused primarily by power vacuums...