JJ Ray

Hishamuddin Hussein should tackle the immediate issues affecting schoolchildren before setting his sight on international schools and so forth.

The Everest has already been conquered by Malaysians. Why then the propensity to spend more public funds on copycat missions?

Divorced women are lustful and loose! With this statement, a PAS MP reminds us that gender equality in Malaysia is still a distant dream.

Ex-Suhakam commissioner Hamdan Adnan learns the hard way there are no takers for the truth in the government.

Add a new tag to the 'ugly' Malaysian who has embraced one of the seven deadly sins - gluttony - and is paying the price for this.

Public transportation in this country is in a mess and the government has vowed to clean this up. But can we hope for improvements?

Should the government have no compunction in degrading this respectable agency, then the morally rightful move will be to 'shut' Suhakam down.

Democracy is a mere act of rhetoric in Malaysia, where the weak get bullied by the strong, even in Parliament.

Punishing students on 'religious' grounds is not going to improve the limits of morality or help mould the leaders of tomorrow.

He advocates that certain people should be imprisoned on a penal island and to convince the people of this he has employed the use of a government website.

Her U-turn on the Islamic Family Law issue proves the long held belief that politicians are only good at lip service.

Malaysia has a long way to go where the jurisprudence on rape is concerned. And until effective laws come into place, women can only pray...

Chauvinism, bigotry and discrimination are ugly words, but so are the deeds these describe.

Today is World Human Rights Day. A day so sacrosant for each and everyone of us, for it serves as a reminder of the need to keep intact those rights that we have earned by virtue of simply being human.

Malaysians are said to be a caring lot, but this is not the case when it concerns animals.

Politicians must think hard before shooting their mouths off...like comparing toilets to new brides.

They are hoping that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's government will walk the talk and make Malaysia a safe place for women.

The very fact that two MPs were fighting so hard to 'preserve' polygamy reflects the miserable myth that men can only attain to be 'man' if they are able to practise polygamy.

As unglamorous as the issue of HIV/Aids is, it has to be tackled, with everyone doing their bit.

Younger Malaysians are becoming involved in criminal activities because few adults care to connect with their realities. This is a recipe for disaster.

The government's very own understanding of this issue needs correction for equating 'sex focused' with the actual act of sex is never the same.

The proposal to distribute condoms and syringes to curb HIV/Aids has garnered protest from religious quarters. But If we are sincere in wanting to fight the disease, then it is certainly time that we collectively diminish our 'holier-than-thou' attitude.

Singapore is against the holding of the Nation festival - Asia's largest gay and lesbian event.