Rais Hussin

War and killing have become a video game

War and killing have become a video game

COMMENT | The massacres in two mosques in New Zealand are a testament to rising Islamophobia.

Why distance learning gets a bad name from false credentials

Why distance learning gets a bad name from false credentials

COMMENT | Bersatu has to set the right example. The fish rots from the head first.

MCA, MIC: Do not hold Malaysia's future in your puny hands

MCA, MIC: Do not hold Malaysia's future in your puny hands

COMMENT | They are old parties trapped in a new game, which they don't know how to transition.

DAP isn't the problem, but a fractured Harapan will be

DAP isn't the problem, but a fractured Harapan will be

COMMENT | Its leaders may be candid, but the party has never been disloyal to the coalition.

Storm in a Singapore tea cup

Storm in a Singapore tea cup

LETTER | It is erroneous for Bilahari Kausikan to suggest that Malaysia will provoke controversy with Singapore to overcome its own internal tensions.

The incestuous Umno-PAS marriage

The incestuous Umno-PAS marriage

COMMENT | Two corrupted kin have married each other to produce a form of nationalism neither understands. 

‘Dr M living in shadow of Lee Kuan Yew’? Give M’sia a break

‘Dr M living in shadow of Lee Kuan Yew’? Give M’sia a break

COMMENT | The article by Nikkei Asian Review is condescending and misleading.

Learning the right lessons from P Ramlee's works

Learning the right lessons from P Ramlee's works

COMMENT | Harapan must improve its blemished record, beginning with the Semenyih polls.

March 2 will be the D-Day for Semenyih

March 2 will be the D-Day for Semenyih

COMMENT | Let's send a clear signal that Semenyih is not pro-Harapan, but pro-new Malaysia.

Patronage is bishop, plutocracy is queen in pants

Patronage is bishop, plutocracy is queen in pants

COMMENT | If Malaysia wants to get cracking with reforms, plutocracy has to go.
Why did Goldman give M'sia a 'black card' line of credit?

Why did Goldman give M'sia a 'black card' line of credit?

LETTER | What the bank did is nothing less than an economic crime against the country.

Baiting Dr M will never work

Baiting Dr M will never work

COMMENT | When things have been a complete mess since 2004 it is neither fair nor accurate to blame just one prime minister.
Truth cannot be a casualty of this by-election

Truth cannot be a casualty of this by-election

COMMENT | The alleged 'warning' made by the PKR senator to tok batin reeks of the politics of old.

Malaysia entering dangerous waters

Malaysia entering dangerous waters

COMMENT | There is fear that the country cannot change both structurally and systematically. 

Enter 2019: Harapan must continue seizing opportunity from chaos

Enter 2019: Harapan must continue seizing opportunity from chaos

COMMENT | While the world frets about freefall, M’sians under Harapan have reason for hope.

Umno, PAS can't stand in the way of progressive Malay politics

Umno, PAS can't stand in the way of progressive Malay politics

COMMENT | Bersatu understands the importance of creating a 'new Malays for New M'sia' mindset.

Equitably shared prosperity from the bottom up

Equitably shared prosperity from the bottom up

COMMENT | M'sia must focus on R&D and not too exclusively on the racial distribution of wealth.

Bersatu is not riding on Dr M's coattails

Bersatu is not riding on Dr M's coattails

COMMENT | Malaysian politics is no longer shaped by the nomenclature of a strong man, let alone a single or multivariate preoccupation with the economic pressures at hand.

A new direction for the 'new Malays' in new Malaysia

A new direction for the 'new Malays' in new Malaysia

COMMENT | The old paradigms can and should be disrupted.

No convenient leap of faith with Umno crossovers

No convenient leap of faith with Umno crossovers

COMMENT | Discussions about Umno defectors are necessary but best done behind closed doors amongst Harapan leaders.
Nurul Izzah is needed at Pakatan Harapan

Nurul Izzah is needed at Pakatan Harapan

COMMENT | She should not exit the system where her voice is stronger within.
Adib's passing: Time to mourn for a Malaysian hero

Adib's passing: Time to mourn for a Malaysian hero

COMMENT | The enabling cause of the death was criminal, not cultural, and all politicians have the responsibility to get it right for Malaysia and the next generation.

Mahathir's resignation is not an option

Mahathir's resignation is not an option

COMMENT | Five powerful reasons why Dr M needn't be apologetic.

'I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?'

'I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?'

COMMENT | There is nothing between Malaysia and Singapore that cannot be solved by dialogue or even third-party arbitration.