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There is a line in the hit political satire series "Yes, Minister" where the pompous Sir Humphrey explains the real reason for the archaic...

Some years ago, I read a John Le Carre novel, The Constant Gardener, later turned into a motion picture, about the intrigue surrounding a...

I was shocked when I saw aerial images of logging access roads criss-crossing the Bakun catchment area and photographs of forests being cleared...

We can see them everywhere, if only we care to look more closely: the cleaners, the security guards, the check-out counter staff, the domestic...

When writing the piece below for IPS, I spoke to economist Charles Santiago, who told me that non-Malays are so tired of the discrimination...

The comments by the head of the European Commission delegation to Malaysia, Thierry Rommel, have triggered a storm a controversy with a lot of...

Malaysians are so riveted by the Altantuya murder case that they didn't notice that another foreign national has died in Malaysia in mysterious circumstances....

What happens when one day you go to the petrol station and find that there is no more petrol? One of the main worries...

We are told Bigger is Better. Big Airports, Big Bridges, Big Corporations, Big Shopping Malls, Big Dams, Bigger Banks, Bigger Plantation Firms, Bigger Highways...

Although there is now belated recognition of global warming as a critical issue for humanity to grapple with, world leaders and the mainstream media...

It is not difficult to "cook the books", as most accountants will be aware. But what about the external auditors? They are supposed to be...

So a special audit of Transmile Group has discovered that its revenue for 2005 and 2006 may have been overstated by over RM500 million...

Emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity had a profound impact on history. The imperial values of the Roman Empire were pitted against the values...

So Wolfowitz goes without being held accountable for his criminal scheming against Iraq. After I wrote the piece below, an academic friend told me, "Although...

Some people complain when they hear sermons from religious preachers which they think are too “political”. Many feel uncomfortable when these preachers question the...

As we celebrate 50 years of Independence and 44 years of Malaysia, we would do well to consider some of the cleavages in our...

Very often, we admire the brave women and men of history who dared to stand up and lead their people against authoritarian and tyrannical...

In February, newspapers reported that government-owned RapidKL would take over the management of the bus system in Penang, putting an end to Penangites' public...

So I gather some see this by-election as a proxy battle between Najib and Anwar. Others see it as a mini-referendum on the Barisan...

Whenever we talk of marginalised groups, many of us tend to think of migrant workers, Orang Asli, refugees, plantation workers and squatters, people with...