James Wong Wing On

analysis On the surface, it is a contest between BN's K Parthiban and PKR's Khalid Ibrahim but there are bigger forces at work.

analysis Many things are at stake in this by-election - racial policies, debates on national issues and of course, personal issues surrounding the deputy premier.

analysis The end of the Machap by-election is also the beginning of new plans and strategies for the MCA and DAP.

analysis Due to the miscalculation of MCA's propaganda machinery, the mood in Machap is changing in favour of the opposition party.

analysis The party's chances of a victory are next to impossible. One key reason is that DAP is poorer than its rival MCA in terms of resources. There are other reasons too.

analysis Since PKR's inception, DAP has been on guard against the encroachment of its 'traditional territories' by the non-Malay - or to be more precise - the Chinese segment in PKR.

news analysis When a publicly-funded state museum holds an exhibition on 'ghosts and djin', controversy will almost certainly follow.

news analysis Minister Tengku Adnan Mansor has provoked furious reactions in the cyberspace for alleging that all bloggers are liars and 80 percent of unemployed bloggers are women.

analysis In the past, government leaders dismissed such allegations as rubbish. But now, the Mohd Johari Baharum case appears to be an exception.

analysis The rank of the disappointed, disenchanted and frustrated has grown. If not neutralised, it will reinforce the opposition wind.

It's okay now! Faces of Courage , the controversial book on Ipoh's WWII resistance heroine Sybil Kathigasu will be available in the country from next Friday.

Is China the target of a Australia-Japan defence pact to be signed next month?

analysis Expect Barisan Nasional to go all out to woo back Chinese Malaysians, but will the promises be empty ones again?

analysis Is the practice of Islam all that incompatible with the ethnic, cultural and linguistic background of converts?

analysis The high voter turnout and low number of spoilt votes do seem to indicate that the calls made by the opposition for the voters to join in the boycott have not been successful.

analysis Poor voter turnout and spoilt votes can adversely affect the image of the ruling front and provide fodder for the opposition.

analysis The Chinese Malaysian party is scrambling to cope with the fallout from unpopular government policies that have hit grassroots members hard.

analysis In the final analysis, the prime minister and his cabinet are still politically responsible and accountable for the 'poor delivery system'. So why blame others?

The application was filed by the communist veteran more than a year ago but the defendants have yet to file their affidavits.

This book is going to be very useful for younger generations of Malaysians to learn and think about the history of the nation in a rational and critical manner.

analysis The information minister's uncompromising stand on the issue of 'communist monuments' kick-starts an unintended process.

analysis It is no longer smooth sailing for the premier. Storm after storm batter his reputation, with the latest being a RM30 million super-luxury yacht scandal.

analysis The nation welcomes the reconciliation, but there are some pressing questions which need to be answered about the 1997/98 financial meltdown.

analysis So, it was a happy ending to the nine-year feud between the two men who have now found a common enemy in President George W Bush.