Kua Kia Soong

Beheadings and the barbarism of war

Beheadings and the barbarism of war

COMMENT As UNSC member M’sia should push for peaceful solution in Mid-east.
Selcat must probe claims against Khalid

Selcat must probe claims against Khalid

COMMENT Or they'll stay unsubstantiated, with allegations seen as part of witch-hunt.
Zen and the migrant’s art of culinary excellence

Zen and the migrant’s art of culinary excellence

COMMENT Culinary excellence is a journey - every step is a destination.
57 years of Merdeka, but BN apes colonial rule

57 years of Merdeka, but BN apes colonial rule

COMMENT Are we in the era of zombies that are scarier than colonialists?
Pakatan set precedent of deferring to sultan

Pakatan set precedent of deferring to sultan

Pakatan Rakyat seems to be caught between a rock and a hard place over the menteri besar selection. Whose fault is it? Historians do not have to go very far in time to see how they have found themselves in this quandary.
Khalid Ibrahim - the making of an antihero

Khalid Ibrahim - the making of an antihero

COMMENT Despite maligned, Khalid showed amazing team spirit in Kajang Move.
Defaming Khalid, defending human rights

Defaming Khalid, defending human rights

COMMENT In this case, both Khalid and his accusers, too, have human rights.
What changes will a new Selangor MB bring?

What changes will a new Selangor MB bring?

COMMENT People are more concerned about issues, not personalities...
Time to introduce Rukunegara 2.0

Time to introduce Rukunegara 2.0

COMMENT ‘Belief in God’ is presumptuous to a pantheist animist like me.
Homelessness not 'image' problem but gov't failure

Homelessness not 'image' problem but gov't failure

COMMENT It's misplaced 'growth' priorities rather than people first.
Questions surrounding the Selangor MB-bashing

Questions surrounding the Selangor MB-bashing

COMMENT Shouldn't Pakatan top leaders share blame for state problems?
Kidex - a highway too far

Kidex - a highway too far

COMMENT ‘Our public space must not be dictated by whims of developers, car lobby’.
National Harmony and other fluffy bills

National Harmony and other fluffy bills

COMMENT Are they avoiding the ‘problem’ they are trying to solve?
NEP, the 'Never Ending Policy' of BN

NEP, the 'Never Ending Policy' of BN

COMMENT Glaring inconsistencies in our country’s ‘affirmative action’ policies.
'Article 153 doesn't condone UiTM bumi policy'

'Article 153 doesn't condone UiTM bumi policy'

COMMENT The 100pct bumi enrolment makes a mockery of the quota system.
Perversion of race in official statistics

Perversion of race in official statistics

COMMENT 'Forms asking for info on ethnicity require justification.'
For Karpal’s sake, no nepotism please

For Karpal’s sake, no nepotism please

After lionising the Tiger of Jelutong as the paragon of democracy, the worst thing we can do to his legacy is to associate him with nepotism. His rather naive biographer may have thought he was doing Karpal Singh a favour by claiming that Karpal’s wish was for his son to be the candidate in the Bukit Gelugor by-election. But it is a grave mistake if Karpal’s reputation is to be soiled with traces of nepotism, the antithesis of democracy.
Karpal the Tiger’s leap into immortality

Karpal the Tiger’s leap into immortality

COMMENT The Tiger of Jelutong has leapt into immortality, beyond the reach of…
Memali massacre on par with Batang Kali carnage

Memali massacre on par with Batang Kali carnage

COMMENT Gov't must be answerable for loss of lives cloaked in suspect situations.
MH370 slip-up no reason to shop for new radar

MH370 slip-up no reason to shop for new radar

MH370 COMMENT Our radars did detect the plane but we did nothing.
Free water is populism gone mad

Free water is populism gone mad

COMMENT Giving away free water makes a mockery of water demand management.
PKR is showing contempt for voters

PKR is showing contempt for voters

COMMENT Kajang by-election the latest political circus act and may work against PKR.
Combatting untruths in Malaysian history

Combatting untruths in Malaysian history

COMMENT Key issues are often swept under the rug. I take this on again, with ‘A May 13 Fact & Fiction: Current M'sian Challenges'.
NST apology shows how the mighty have fallen

NST apology shows how the mighty have fallen