Sim Kwang Yang

September 16, 1963 is well remembered by Sarawakians and Sabahans of my generation, but why should Umno and their millions of minions care.

Too many people mistakenly identify the truth of their beliefs with the strengths of their convictions and have forgotten that absolute truths belong to God.

Whatever the reason, the former PM has now appeared more critical than the most critical opposition leader.

Reading turns the boredom of leisure hours into absorbing eternity of delightful enchantment in a way that television or MTV will never do.

Heavily value-laden words like "constructive", "responsible" and "sensitivity" have been hurled at media practitioners and branded like hot-iron into their consciousness.

A course on race relations - no matter how its is designed - will not succeed in promoting meaningful dialogue between the races.

Certainly, Tajudin Ramli's story has confirmed a theory on the relationship between a patron and his blue-eye boys.

When speaking up in Parliament, MPs must bear in mind that the interest of the people must override the interest of partisan politics.

News form the skeleton of journalism, but columns, commentaries, and the letters to the editors should form the flesh and blood of every news organisation.

If New York is a Big Apple, then surely KL is a Big Durian, pungent and revolting in its sewer-like odour, but erotically and compellingly seductive to Malaysian taste-buds only.

The heavy weight of restoring the prestige of the Malaysian court as a sacred institution devoted to truth and justice bears down ponderously on the shoulders of the judges.

The naked confrontation between two competing nations in Germany in a symbolic fight to the death does satisfy a universal blood lust for just such a spectacle.

Once a year, the Dayaks will cast their care aside, and indulge in the celebration of life and the renewal of their indomitable human spirit.

For many years now, Kuching people in the business world all know about the omnipresence of the CM's family business empire. One way or another, he will have to go, now or later.

Like all political strongmen in history, Abdul Taib Mahmud will not find any potential heir strong enough to fill his enlarged shoes.

Culturally, the Dayak traditions are dying out, overwhelmed by the forces of modernity and impeded by their political helplessness.

Most people have never dreamed of being an election candidate, and know next to nothing about what goes on inside these strange creatures.

In Sarawak, to be a YB is to be rich, because they are all from the BN, and have exclusive access to the giant pork-barrel provided by the government.

The writings are on the wall, as the clich goes. Improving the public transport system is the one government aspiration that deserves public support.

Who has the moral and legal authority to enact laws to define for all the standards for public decency?

We know in our heart that the problem is not with a few rotten apples in the police force only, but it has its roots in the apple tree itself.

Malaysia maintains the dubious distinction of one among the 70 odd nations that still believes in snuffing out criminals.

This new wave of assault on Chinese primary school principals is something uncharacteristic of Malaysian Chinese in general. Does it auger well for the future of Chinese education in Malaysia?

When people are fixated with their belief in the name of faith and salvation, in both religious and scientific circles, they would not tolerate any perceived distortion of their orthodox doctrines.