Opinion - New Straits Times

From batting to betting

SPOT-FIXING: This is not the cricket that Indians grew up playing and watching

IMPROVING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM: Make it the school of choice

MANY people blame vernacular schools for polarisation in the country. Although it is true to some extent, it is also attributed to the various types of schools existing in the country.

Fighting crime is a joint effort

IN my lifetime, I have been robbed twice -- in 1982 and just last month. I was lucky to have survived both episodes. Perhaps that was why I was neither traumatised nor did I begin to play the blame game.

Time to implement IPCMC

WHILE there is obviously still a lot to be done in order to bring the country's governance standards in line with international best practice, the government's response to the many major issues of public concern of the day in social, economic and political terms deserves our support.

Cynicism can't fight corruption

CREATE AWARENESS: Combating the menace has to be a people's movement

IMPROVING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM: Uphold BM but strengthen English, too

AS a product of the English-medium school system in the 1960s, I am excited at the calls to revive it, but at the same time, I am apprehensive.

FALLACY OF POPULAR VOTE: Opposition's argument that it won cannot be sustained

IN a democracy, one cannot argue that a party which has lost the election but won the popular vote is the real winner. It is really a question of reality practised in many countries. Don't use popular vote to justify street demonstrations.

Priority for peace

The Royal Malaysia Police is neutral, acting first and foremost to maintain law and order

A not-so-united front in Selangor

TUSSLE OVER EXCO POSTS: Leaders are jostling for the biggest slice of the state pie

US economy needs both reform and investment

ONE way President Barack Obama can begin to put the Internal Revenue Service scandal behind him is by proposing comprehensive tax reform. Beyond the usual Washington theatrics, the real problem is that the US tax code is unbelievably complicated, clocking in around 74,000 pages, with all rulings, regulations and other material.

UNITY THROUGH SPORTS: Give attention to all sports

LAST week Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin commented that his aim was to bring the national football team to new heights and improve football administration.

Putting out fires from within

CONFLICT-RIDDLED PKR is keen to hold back its party elections, supposedly to let it recover from the fierce electoral battle fought with political opponents in the just concluded national polls.

America by proxy?

THE demise of the Roman Empire resulted from a combination of strategic overreach and excessive delegation of security responsibilities to newcomers. Without making undue comparisons, the question for the United States today is whether it can remain the world's leading power while delegating to others or to technological tools the task of protecting its global influence.

ELECTION BANNERS: Many have yet to remove them

THE Election Commission (EC) must be strict with political parties that have still not removed their polling materials, such as banners, posters, flags and bunting, in some areas.

MCA: Soi Lek not solely to blame

SHOULD MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek resign from his post? Is he solely responsible for MCA's dismal result in the 13th General Election?