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Lessons from history
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2021
» Re: "Govt jab management fails to hit home," (Opinion, June 14).
Let's clear the air
News, Postbag, Published on 30/09/2017
» As a way of highlighting the government's commitment to wealth and not health I would like to bring public attention to several recent articles printed in your fine newspaper.
Enterprising temples
News, Postbag, Published on 29/04/2016
» Re: "Department defends Tiger Temple Co licence", (BP, April 27).
Debating is key
News, Postbag, Published on 28/04/2016
» Re: "Charter group defies regime", (BP, April 26).
Makes no sense at all
News, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2016
» In order to "increase customer satisfaction", a Thai bank, which previously issued debit cards allowing people to withdraw cash at the ATMs of many other banks, has now issued a newer version which only allows withdrawals from the issuing bank.
Divisive Thaksin tactics
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2016
» Re: "Poll 'charade', says Thaksin", (BP, Feb 22).
Red Bull reminder
News, Postbag, Published on 12/01/2016
» I fully agree with the storm raised against DJ Keng, aka Pattarasak Thiemprasert, who forcefully backed his pickup truck twice into a stationary car, then lied that the car had hit him. His lies were caught on a video taken by a bystander. This man richly deserves jail.
Slaves to irrationality
News, Postbag, Published on 22/12/2015
» Despite our technological progress, all too often we humans remain slaves to irrationality, prone to be led by gut feelings rather than facts, fearing and mistrusting what we do not understand. The popular reaction to genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) seems a prime example of these tendencies. In Michael Setter’s recent goldmine of non-sequiturs on this topic, I was particularly taken by the following example:
Claus for thought
News, Postbag, Published on 10/12/2015
» In their Dec 8 letters, both Barbara AK Franklin and Richard Mabbitt attempt to educate me about the origin of Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas. Sorry to burst their bubble but it’s impossible to point to a real "first" Santa, because Santa is a culmination of mythological legends and stories.
Rights are universal
News, Postbag, Published on 07/12/2015
» I respectfully disagree with letter writers who claim that Americans have no practical knowledge of Thailand and criticise the recent comments of the US ambassador (“Bahrt misses the mark” and “Criticism of Davies is fair”, PostBag, Dec 6).