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Flick has Barcelona on cusp of return to European elite
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» BERLIN - Failing a collapse at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, Hansi Flick has Barcelona on track for the Champions League semi-finals and a return to the European elite after a rocky decade in Catalonia.
My New Year's resolution: Give up on elections
Oped, Published on 04/01/2025
» For the new year, you might have resolved to give up booze or bonbons. Maybe you should join me in giving up elections instead. Or, at the very least, in giving up the habit of investing money, time, and hope that elections might improve our communities and our world.
Tourist doldrums
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/12/2024
» Re: "Tourist arrivals to Thailand likely to stay flat", (Business, Dec 17).
Crossings chaos
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/12/2024
» Well done to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for the excellent resurfacing of many roads in the Suan Luang area by using tarmac to eliminate all the recently installed red pedestrian crossings, white road markings and lane dividers. The ensuing havoc of cars and bikes driving all over the flipping place and pedestrians having no crossing facilities on On Nut 17 (and other sois) as a result of those essential markings being obliterated is marvellous. Congratulations!
Forecast fizzles
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/12/2024
» Re: "SET poised to witness volatile first half in 2025", (Business, Dec 4) & "World faces prospect of financial tumult", (Opinion, March 23, 2023).
Consider real tax reform
Postbag, Published on 08/12/2024
» Re: "15% VAT plan has PM vexed", (BP, Dec 6).
The world really needs a techno-realist manifesto
News, Published on 04/12/2024
» 'It's actually going to be easy to cure ageing and cancer," insists David Sinclair, a researcher on ageing at Harvard University. Similarly, Elon Musk continues to claim that he will soon land humans on Mars and deploy robotaxis en masse. Major corporations have set carbon-neutrality targets based on highly optimistic forecasts about the potential of carbon-removal technologies. And, of course, many commentators now insist that "AI changes everything".
Threat of WW3
Postbag, Published on 24/11/2024
» Re: "US missiles 'a game changer' ", (World, Nov 20).
Fascist nonsense
Published on 28/10/2024
» Re: "Politics of language", (PostBag, Oct 26) & "Harris calls Trump a 'fascist' at town hall", (World, Oct 25).
Bangkok traffic cure
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/10/2024
» Re: "Congestion fee questions", (Editorial, Oct 23). Indeed, penalising parties using private cars coming to town does not alone solve the horrendous traffic jams that some Bangkokians have to endure. The crucial enticement is to provide alternatives that are reliable citi-wise and popular. In London, it is usual to see most office workers taking public transport to work and using private cars at weekends.