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Never underestimate the dog lovers' vote
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/11/2020
» It was Harry Truman who famously advised would-be presidents: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." President Donald Trump did not heed that advice, becoming the first US president in well over a century not to have a pet of some sort in the White House.
Language of guttersnipes
News, Published on 20/01/2014
» It is a case of "better late than never" as civil society is finally taking umbrage at obscenities, racism and sexism pouring from the mouths of political speakers during political rallies.
Sexism is the weapon of choice for the truly cowardly
News, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Published on 20/01/2014
» The political crisis has unveiled a series of "inconvenient truths" that have long been hidden in our society. One of them is the prevailing pre-modern sexism that has come to define modern relationships among the genders in general, and in the present political context, between angry males and females protesting against Thailand's first female prime minister in particular.
Too hasty on Akeyuth case
News, Published on 13/06/2013
» The murder of high-profile investor and Thaksin regime opponent Akeyuth Anchanbutr has come as a shock to the public, especially his supporters, who are familiar with his whistle-blowing exposes of scandals implicating the Shinawatra clan on his Thai Insider website, including the Four Seasons Hotel incident.
For the sake of green city space, let's be out of line
News, Oraya Sutabutr, Published on 09/04/2013
» Ten years ago, on the 67-rai land which King Vajiravudh gave to Vajiravudh College, covering Mahadlek Luang Sois 1-3 on Ratchadamri Road, there were few condos, and the streets weren't too busy. Most people moved in because it was rather peaceful.
Only the sister can save us
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 29/07/2012
» When Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong made his pilgrimage to see Thaksin Shinawatra and sing "Happy Birthday" to the former prime minister, there were three common reactions. One was disgust at the national police chief for kowtowing to a fugitive convict. Another was adulation for the national police chief who paid homage to his former brother-in-law and all-around Thai hero. It's all a matter of perspective. The last one was "Who cares?"
Il Duce, come-home-now
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 15/04/2012
» Aung San Suu Kyi was imprisoned for 15 of the past 21 years in her own home. Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned several times on many different occasions in South Africa and India. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison.
Making a big deal of the female card
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/03/2012
» I am a big fan of German chancellor Angela Merkel. However, I know the character of this German leader is less exciting compared to "The Iron Lady" (former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher), Nobel Peace prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, or even Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose rise and fall in the motley Philippine politics plus the silicone breast implant saga, make her life an ideal script for a blockbuster movie.
Poppy issue is complex
News, Published on 05/03/2012
» Your article on the launch of the INCB Annual Report on Feb 29 (''UN drugs agency won't take stand on swifter executions'') incorrectly reports me as saying the government of Myanmar has cut poppy by half.
Mum on matters of (vital) interest
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/02/2012
» During his opening remarks at the 2012 Post Forum, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said the question he has been asked most often these past several months has been: Will there be floods this year? From most of the ordinary people out there, however, the question I have heard most often has been: Where is the floodway?