Thor Kah Hoong

Salleh’s mind was always at play, always sharp, an exciting intellectual foil.

PM's attempt to crack a joke during his Covid-19 announcement fell flat. Sir, in comedy it's about timing.

The country is splintering and getting under many of our skins, and they say 'all is well'.

Dr M shows he's ready for another bout to determine who will call the shots for the Malays with Pejuang.

Reactivating Jasa will provide re-employment for as many as 500 ex-Jasa staff members and lower the number of the unemployed.

COMMENT | 'Nourishing and spurring the practice of parliamentary democracy'? Hahaha.

Poverty is a real, desperate lack of funds but for economic planners and politicians, poverty is just a numbers game.

Two bull elephants fighting for dominance over the jungle takes a twist when a Sabah pygmy elephant enters the fray.

If neither Anwar nor Dr M can deliver the MPs needed, the impasse over the PM post is a waste of time and sours relationships within Harapan.

In M'sian politics, it's fluid. A transient distraction that has little or nothing to do with the reality behind the news/scenes.

With social distancing measures in place, it's interesting to see how scenes will be shot.

The one sector of the M'sian economy that always offers good returns, pandemic or not, is the political horse-trading market.

'After weeks of confinement, it is excusable if one’s sense of outrage at idiocies or injustices is sluggish, replaced by resigned acceptance.'

COMMENT | So now we have a dynastic honours system, not the sins of the fathers visited on the sons, but their good deeds honoured in subsequent generations.

COMMENT | Zuraida receives a lot of brickbats and Rina's ministry stirs up a hornets' nest of stinging criticism.

COMMENT | The long wait queuing at the cashier allowed me to see Malaysians at their best and their worst.

COMMENT | Just 919 nabbed for drink-driving in Kuala Lumpur last year? Heck, you should be able to nab a lot more in some KL neighbourhoods on a Saturday night.

COMMENT | Grandparental guidance advised: The Ahmad Fuad-NAG spat is another illustration why gov't should stay away from the arts.

COMMENT | I have only ever had one piece of my writing, a column, spiked by an editor.