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Reclaim the paths
News, Postbag, Published on 29/11/2018
» Re: "Fury after biker rams into girl on pavement", (BP, Nov 28).
Too pricey for tourists
News, Postbag, Published on 16/11/2018
» There is a lot of talk these days of the decrease in tourist numbers, and there are a lot of reasons why this could be happening.
Clowns or heroes?
News, Postbag, Published on 08/11/2018
» Re: "Elitists don't care", (PostBag, Nov 3).
Govt ridicules itself
News, Postbag, Published on 05/11/2018
» Re: "‘Lame’ government rap responds to ‘Prathet Ku Mee’", (BP, Nov 2).
When politics override logic
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/11/2018
» Re: “Light rail routes facing cutback”, (BP, Nov 2). A number of weeks ago I made a simple calculation based on the projected cost, the expected number of likely passengers and the proposed fare for a high-speed rail to Chiang Mai. The venerable Japanese International Cooperation Agency undertook a large study of that route and concluded it was not feasible and withdrew its interest in it.
Noisy riders are relevant
News, Postbag, Published on 07/10/2018
» Re: "Summary execution", (PostBag, Oct 6). Unfortunately, my letter was cruelly edited to the point that it made little sense. In my original, I included photographs in support, and said that although a (very weak) argument could be made for motorcycles riding on the footpath against the flow of traffic, none can be made for those that ride on the footpath with the flow of traffic.
Herbicide not so harmless
Postbag, Published on 09/09/2018
» In the first lawsuit judgement against the maker of the herbicide glyphosate, a jury awarded the plaintiff US$289 million(9.4 billion baht). Evidence presented during trial showed that the agrochemical company Monsanto fabricated studies showing glyphosate was harmless and colluded with the US Environmental Protection Agency to hide the true facts from the public.
High quality, low competition
News, Postbag, Published on 26/08/2018
» The statement by Khun Burin that "a high quality education is very costly" is a common fallacy that is harming education and perpetuates elitism.
Hollywood fantasies
News, Postbag, Published on 23/08/2018
» Thanks to a report in the Aug 21 edition of the <i>Bangkok Post</i>, those of us who did not already know, are now aware that, five years ago, a 37-year-old actress named Asia Argento carried out what is described as sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy Jimmy Bennett in a hotel room in California.
Electric nightmares
News, Postbag, Published on 19/08/2018
» Re: "Electric taxis launch next month", (BP, Aug 17).