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Axes to grind
News, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2018
» There is a story in the March 4 edition of the Sydney Morning Herald with fascinating parallels to recent <i>Bangkok Post</i> headlines about the "Axe Ladies".
When values plummet
News, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2018
» The raison d'etre for the coup four years ago was to root out corruption. I think only the most gullible fell for that ploy to wrest power from a democratically elected government. I suppose that the wealthy and well-connected were getting nervous to see their position and privileges being whittled away and threatened by a government supported by "red buffaloes" from the North, and getting afraid of no longer being first in the queue to receive the fruits of corruption.
Undoing of the web
News, Postbag, Published on 17/02/2018
» Re: "Watch-scandal shenanigans sully decent debate", (Opinion, Feb 15, 2018).
Biblical timekeeping
News, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2018
» In his Feb 12 column, Khun Veera Prateepchaikul said: "Poaching probe shows signs of slippage. Forty-eight days! Why so long for a case which is not complicated at all?"
Lost in the dark?
News, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2018
» Without doubt the Thai public is about to witness an extravaganza worthy of a Disney cartoon epic that will clearly demonstrate the innocence of a magnificently wealthy construction tycoon caught up in a hunting event (BP, Feb 7).
Time's up for Prawit
News, Postbag, Published on 02/02/2018
» I truly admire Khun Arnond Sakworawich who resigned as director of Nida Poll in protest after his boss (Nida President) put a hold on the release of a political poll (BP, Jan 31).
Yearning for Thainess
News, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2018
» Re: "Regime push for 'Thainess' turns sinister", (Opinion, Jan 26).
NACC soft on graft?
News, Postbag, Published on 23/01/2018
» I am beginning to think that NACC stands for the "national association for the criminally corrupt".