Terence Netto

COMMENT | Hamas gives Anwar’s histrionic talents rein

COMMENT | Hamas gives Anwar’s histrionic talents rein

Once tagged as a Zionist sympathiser, Anwar now hastens to Hamas’ defence.

COMMENT | PAS ought to organise a 'know Islam' conclave

COMMENT | PAS ought to organise a 'know Islam' conclave

PAS should start by telling non-Muslims what they understand about Islam.
COMMENT | Forming new Indian political party a dumb idea

COMMENT | Forming new Indian political party a dumb idea

It's an exercise in futility as nation's political landscape is crowded. 
COMMENT | Demeaning epithets will devalue our polity

COMMENT | Demeaning epithets will devalue our polity

Their purveyors should be proscribed.
COMMENT | Mat Hasan tells Umno to get real

COMMENT | Mat Hasan tells Umno to get real

Candour on party's state may be the first step towards its revival.  
COMMENT | The what-might-have-been had Ismail Abdul Rahman lived longer

COMMENT | The what-might-have-been had Ismail Abdul Rahman lived longer

Fifty years ago, the then DPM died to the polity's detriment.
COMMENT | PN still stuck on 2Rs, Harapan flaunts economic stuff

COMMENT | PN still stuck on 2Rs, Harapan flaunts economic stuff

Is the old Clinton cry 'It’s the economy, stupid' has traction in state politics?
COMMENT | The message DAP sends if it drops Ramasamy

COMMENT | The message DAP sends if it drops Ramasamy

The party will be saying intellectual substance doesn't matter.
COMMENT | Much hinges on Khairy’s decision over Muhyiddin’s offer

COMMENT | Much hinges on Khairy’s decision over Muhyiddin’s offer

Better possibilities beckon if Khairy looks further up the road.     
COMMENT | Of truth, half-truths, and absolute lies

COMMENT | Of truth, half-truths, and absolute lies

Reading more enables people to better sift the wheat from the chaff.
COMMENT | Sanusi is off-the-mark on poverty eradication

COMMENT | Sanusi is off-the-mark on poverty eradication

Imaginative sympathy is a bigger help against poverty.
COMMENT | Looks like Puad is pushing for glasnost

COMMENT | Looks like Puad is pushing for glasnost

If that’s so, he should be encouraged.
COMMENT | Try contesting PAS on ideas, not co-opting them in govt

COMMENT | Try contesting PAS on ideas, not co-opting them in govt

Harapan should try to best PAS ideologically by channelling Rachid Ghannounchi.
COMMENT | Henry Kissinger is 100 today

COMMENT | Henry Kissinger is 100 today

Nary a caveat to the encomiums greeting the statesman on his centenary.
COMMENT | Khairy plays coy while Bersatu ups enticements

COMMENT | Khairy plays coy while Bersatu ups enticements

Ex-Umno youth leader tantalises courtiers with the pose of strategic ambiguity.
COMMENT | Hadi’s sweeping tirade against all and sundry

COMMENT | Hadi’s sweeping tirade against all and sundry

In his latest harangue, Hadi makes claims but does not substantiate them.
COMMENT | Anwar tinkers with Belloc, Chesterton

COMMENT | Anwar tinkers with Belloc, Chesterton

PM dabbles with ideas, the latest, a version of distributism.
COMMENT | Modus operandi to manage intra-coalition dissent needed

COMMENT | Modus operandi to manage intra-coalition dissent needed

It’s necessary to keep the lid on unruly dissent within unity govt. 
COMMENT | Myopic if Khairy stands on Bersatu ticket

COMMENT | Myopic if Khairy stands on Bersatu ticket

Ex-Umno minister known as a centrist, not a right-winger.
COMMENT | The one-eyed jack, Sanusi

COMMENT | The one-eyed jack, Sanusi

As the polls in six states near, one state CEO is doing all the front-running.
COMMENT | Anwar’s rhetorical slip is showing

COMMENT | Anwar’s rhetorical slip is showing

PM’s elocution struggles to keep up with his thought process.
COMMENT | Outline of Anwar’s foreign policy clarifies in China visit

COMMENT | Outline of Anwar’s foreign policy clarifies in China visit

Not just trade but foreign policy initiatives boosted by Anwar’s visit. 
COMMENT | Drivel begins to gush from Dr M

COMMENT | Drivel begins to gush from Dr M

Mahathir targets Anwar with the Sten, rather than a scalpel.
COMMENT | Muhyiddin's shrill moralism unbecoming

COMMENT | Muhyiddin's shrill moralism unbecoming

His attempt to frame graft charges as fight against evil won't fly.