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Maszlee's resignation: Harapan doesn't want to rock the indoctrination ministry

COMMENT | The reality is that what national schools do, after years of failed policy, is create friction between the various races.

2020-01-04 08:59:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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Maszlee's a decent guy, really

COMMENT | His biggest problem is that he entered politics not wanting to play politics.

2020-01-03 12:19:00+08:00 by Zan Azlee
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Does the mufti of Perlis have any non-Malay friends?

COMMENT | Asri Zainul Abidin lacks the open-mindedness and tolerance of a man living in a multi-racial, multi-religious nation.

2020-01-03 10:03:54+08:00 by Mariam Mokhtar
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2020 is a good year for a handover, the sooner the better

COMMENT | Mahathir must go soonest, for he has proven himself to be a great liability by returning us to the nasty days of BN-style politics.

2020-01-03 08:42:00+08:00 by P Gunasegaram
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My experience with a plot of an abandoned land

COMMENT | Sometimes, we ordinary people get so caught up in a world created by our politicians that we end up micro-analysing what’s right and what’s wrong.

2020-01-02 07:40:00+08:00 by Fa Abdul
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2020 – still waiting for post-Mahathir Malaysia

COMMENT | Like his own monstrous creation Najib, Dr M is also out of touch and surrounded by fawning cronies.

2020-01-01 07:52:00+08:00 by Martin Vengadesan
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Pathetic exam question about a problematic, not iconic, person

COMMENT | The minds of the young Malay-Muslims are at the mercy of ideologues who wish to destroy society.

2020-01-01 07:43:00+08:00 by Azly Rahman
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The non-Malay hate in the mufti of Perlis’ speech

COMMENT | Asri’s narrative is not based on any objective assessment of Harapan’s policies, only on the emotional strategies of his religious supremacy.

2020-01-01 07:36:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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Dear Dr M, here’s why secular education is important

COMMENT | The body of knowledge in education cannot be dictated by religion, but must be scrupulously kept areligious.

2019-12-31 11:01:00+08:00 by P Gunasegaram
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Finding the positive - Malaysia's last decade, Pt II

COMMENT | The past decade reaffirmed the power of ordinary citizens – to kick out those seen to violate the nation’s ideals.

2019-12-31 10:29:00+08:00 by Bridget Welsh
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Institutional and legal reforms in 2019

COMMENT | While one can certainly question the pace of reforms, objectively it would be difficult to argue that there are no changes at all.

2019-12-31 10:01:00+08:00 by Syahredzan Johan
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Getting caught in the negative - Malaysia 2019, Pt I

COMMENT | Race relations are worryingly worsening and spawned a baneful sentiment of cynicism and acrimony.

2019-12-30 11:08:00+08:00 by Bridget Welsh
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DAP – from a tiger to a puppy

COMMENT | Come GE15, will a similar scenario loom, with DAP suffering the same fate as MCA in GE14?

2019-12-30 10:16:32+08:00 by Francis Paul Siah
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Reality trumps hypocrisy, when it comes to the CAA

COMMENT | Why all this talk of moderation and religious pluralism?

2019-12-30 09:42:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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Malaysian education's biggest failure

COMMENT | "It has been 50 years since May 13, 1969, and we still have Muslim youth invoking that semiotic of racial violence."

2019-12-29 12:30:25+08:00 by Azly Rahman
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Our tolerating nature is our weakness

COMMENT | In order to become a progressive society, we must stop giving in to people who have no respect for the rights of others.

2019-12-29 07:27:00+08:00 by Fa Abdul
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My pick of top news of 2019

COMMENT | Let's take a dive into three narratives and two reports that headlined the year.

2019-12-28 08:26:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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New government, old ways

COMMENT | How can we change the education system when those in charge have been indoctrinated by the old ways?

2019-12-27 13:47:55+08:00 by Fa Abdul
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Fix laws before creating media council

COMMENT | Laws that can be used and abused against journalists and media still around.

2019-12-27 12:49:00+08:00 by Zan Azlee
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Antarctica Ice Queens: Vanity trip or study in endurance?

COMMENT | The Aweta Ice Queens should look closer to home and work on solutions to the problems faced by our women.

2019-12-27 07:54:23+08:00 by Mariam Mokhtar
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'Instigator' Mahathir must step down in 2020

COMMENT | Mahathir is not only instigating issues at home, but he is also picking fights with other countries.

2019-12-27 06:55:00+08:00 by Francis Paul Siah
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Postpone the Jawi lessons

COMMENT | No critical thinking nor creative thinking is infused in these lessons. These are just pages of "what is Jawi". So what?

2019-12-25 07:15:00+08:00 by Azly Rahman
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Top five newsmakers of 2019

COMMENT | Five newsmakers attempted to change the system instead of rejuvenating a decaying one.

2019-12-25 07:12:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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None of us will live to see the gender gap close

COMMENT | At the rate the currents trends are going, the overall global gender gap will only be closed in 99.5 years.

2019-12-24 11:30:54+08:00 by Majidah Hashim
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If it’s only about money, why kill Altantuya?

COMMENT | Why should we bother about what our leaders do in private?

2019-12-24 07:13:00+08:00 by Francis Paul Siah
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Hippocratic oath for doctors; hypocritical oath for crooks

COMMENT | The government has decided that it would save time, effort and money if all suspected felons pronounce their innocence publicly.

2019-12-23 09:58:00+08:00 by R Nadeswaran
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Chinese Organisations Congress - a bad idea in rotten times

COMMENT | The idea is to get minority communities worked up and miss the real issue at hand.

2019-12-23 09:33:00+08:00 by S Thayaparan
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What the KL Summit should be about

COMMENT | Is this summit yet another time and money-waster in which the speakers are merely bringing in stale proposals?

2019-12-22 11:38:00+08:00 by Azly Rahman
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Section 13 of Sosma is unconstitutional

COMMENT | Section 13 of Sosma provides that bail shall not be granted to a person who has been charged with a security offence.

2019-12-22 10:44:00+08:00 by Syahredzan Johan
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Drawing political lessons from Christmas

COMMENT | Politicians should listen to the ‘better angels of their nature’ to serve the rakyat, instead of themselves and their cronies.

2019-12-21 10:08:00+08:00 by Eric Loo