I don’t know if there is such a thing as magazine reviews but I really want to recommend Off The Edge to all Malaysians who want to read something different, i.e. not FHM, Women’s Weekly or even Malaysia Today.
Just ask my friend Ja’a — I’ve been meaning to subscribe to this magazine but I keep [...]
Change. That’s what it’s all about this year, isn’t it? Well, at least that’s what has been grabbing our attention both in Malaysia and abroad. Regardless of whether it’s A New Dawn For Malaysia or Change We Can Believe In, change seems to be the theme of the day.
And, somehow, most people seem to be [...]
I find it rather ironic that on the day chosen to celebrate human rights in Malaysia, we hear of news that the police have used live bullets to disperse people who have gone to attend a ceramah in Kuala Terengganu. (As expected, the mainstream media have distorted the news. For a more balanced report, see [...]
This morning, on a whim, I checked out our Opposition Leader’s website, and chanced upon a hot-off-the-press posting by Dr. Chen Man Hin. In his posting, Dr. Chen suggested that the Prime Minister invite Raja Nazrin Shah, the Crown Prince of Perak, to be his personal adviser, in light of the latter’s speech at the [...]
Once again, I’d like to comment on Dr. Chandra Muzaffar’s article, but this time, I agree with what he’s saying.
Basically, I agree that “when we go beyond labels such as ‘secular’ and ‘Islamic’ and connect with the substance of our three principal documents we will discover that there is a degree of congruence between [...]
After reading Patrick Teoh’s blog, I figured we must be a member of the Axis of Stupidity. Niamah, indeed.
Oddly, whilst reading former President Gorbachev’s speech, I was reminded of how “slow” we are. In his speech, Gorbachev commented about the 5½ decades of Cold War – the confrontation, the hostility, sometimes open, sometimes concealed.
Further on [...]
I’ve been meaning to write about the Information Minister’s recent comments about the so-called “social contract” in Malaysia. I’ve heard some politicians misuse this term before, and I believe they have been using it deliberately to mislead the Rakyat. Then again, maybe they think they sound clever when they use a philosophical term although they [...]
