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Avoid like the plaque
News, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2018
» I was a little heartened to read Thitinan Pongsudhirak: "It has become open season -- to take the military government to task" (Opinion, Jan 19).
No new beginnings
News, Postbag, Published on 06/01/2018
» Re: "A year of living dangerously in Thailand", (Opinion, Jan 5).
Trump in the swamp
News, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2017
» Re: "Ethical dilemmas", (PostBag, Dec 25).
Prawit's financial wizardry
News, Postbag, Published on 10/12/2017
» Re: "Champagne corks pop in Prawit home", (PostBag, Dec 8).
Vulgarity on display
News, Postbag, Published on 09/12/2017
» While watching some poor old half-naked, badly deformed saleng struggle to push his empty ramshackle cart along the road this morning, I thought of the vulgar ostentatious display of wealth by our clearly insecure deputy prime minister this week.
Contempt for tradition
News, Postbag, Published on 07/11/2017
» For two nights in a row in Chiang Mai, Thais were setting off firecrackers until six in the morning during the Loy Krathong festival, constantly waking up the entire neighbourhood.
People deserve JFK truth
News, Postbag, Published on 05/11/2017
» If state funding for hospitals were adequate, there would be no need for the very admirable run by Toon Bodyslam - and the real heroes would be taxpayers.
In support of Yingluck
News, Postbag, Published on 02/10/2017
» I would venture to suggest the disappearance of Yingluck Shinawatra to avoid a jail sentence does not fit in the same category as other examples of criminals escaping justice in the Land of Smiles. Whether she is guilty or not is surely irrelevant.
Booze laws a farce
News, Postbag, Published on 23/09/2017
» Re: "New excise taxes set to rake in B12bn", (BP, Sept 17).
Penning inequality
News, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2017
» In "What counts to us in development" (Opinion, Sept 18) we read, "...to achieve parity in development", and "equitable development", which are apparently among the UNDP's goals.