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Illiterate authorities
News, Postbag, Published on 23/08/2019
» Re: "Prayut no 'dictator'", (PostBag, Aug 20).
Abetting persecution
News, Postbag, Published on 08/01/2019
» Under military rule, Thailand has become cruel and heartless -- repeatedly colluding with repressive foreign governments to intercept asylum seekers and send them back to face life-threatening dangers.
Sheer happiness for the 1%
News, Postbag, Published on 09/12/2018
» Re: "Report: Thailand most unequal country in 2018", (BP, Dec 7).
A paragon of virtues
News, Postbag, Published on 31/12/2017
» As Pliny the Younger noted, "Example [is] the surest method of instruction."
Army is the suspect
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2017
» The army should stop insisting it can impartially investigate the death of army cadet Pakapong "Moei" Tanyakan on campus, for "The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
Kindness goes long way
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2017
» Re: "A helping hand for our wasted food," (Commentary, July 12).
Peak problem
News, Postbag, Published on 02/01/2017
» Re: "New Year bus service to top of Doi Inthanon", (BP, Dec 30).
Send in the clowns
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2016
» The State Enterprise Policy Office urges State Railway of Thailand (SRT) land development as a quick solution out of debt (BP, Nov 25). Who does it think it is kidding? The SRT is a bottomless pit as its debt piles up deeper and deeper due to inept management, lousy service, filthy, antiquated rolling stock, the inability to maintain any normal scheduling, and free rides.
Whingeing old bag
News, Postbag, Published on 26/11/2016
» In the 1970s we had several correspondents of the "US Army (Ret'd)" ilk, bemoaning the failure of Thailand's governments and administrations in conducting the nation's affairs on the admirable lines of Rainbow Gulch or Redneck Springs. Possessed of almost universal expertise, they were very, very boring.