THE campaigning for GE14 has reached fever pitch. A week from today, we will vote to decide which coalition will govern the country over the next five years.

“Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state is not far off. But if law is the master of the government and the government is its slave, then the situation is full of promise and men will enjoy all the blessings that the gods shower on a state.”

OVER the past week, the news about Malaysia has been running the range from the outrageous to the absurd.

Instead of scrutinising the fitness of senior citizens as drivers, better enforcement is needed against rash road users.

People in high places should stop claiming to be misquoted or misinterpreted when caught saying the wrong thing.

Besides protecting our threatened species from poachers and illegal trade, we must prevent them from dying on highways.

The US president’s decision to deliver on his election promise to shift his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem poses a severe threat to peace in the region and beyond.

The leaked personal information of 46.2 million mobile phone users in the country has made them vulnerable to cybercriminals and exposed the shortcomings of the law protecting data.

The revised TPP-11 will still remain a corporate-driven trade deal that will be meaningless to most citizens in member countries.

Instead of ignoring it, our leaders must return to the ideals and principles of our national ideology.

There are enough examples to show that the print media can survive the digital era, if publishers cut costs, adapt to changes and diversify.

Malaysia cannot afford to lag in a world facing swift, exponential change driven by technological innovation.