Category: Column

Honouring a forgotten debt

As our beloved nation celebrates Malaysia Day on Sept 16, 59 years after the formation of Malaysia, we urge the federal and state governments to

The hijab hegemony

Creedy: Die! Die! Why won’t you die! Why won’t you die? V: Beneath this mask, there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask, there is

Winds of change in political funding

Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than the

No tax, the winnings are all yours!

I despise the lottery. There’s less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.

Adversarial ad referendum

The government should train, and direct the people in the acquisition of political knowledge. – Sun Yat-sen, first president of the Republic of China The

Queen Elizabeth’s drop scones

‘Well, food’s always the way to anybody’s heart, I think, guy or girl.’  — Josh Hutcherson, American actor. The late Queen Elizabeth II of Great

On the vanishing Lugat trail

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already