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Absolutism is fashionable
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 15/06/2014
» So many people are willing to give away their personal freedom, while at the same time telling others to shut up and bow down. Indeed, absolutism is making a comeback.
Well played general
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 22/05/2014
» Some may call it a coup d'etat. Some may say it’s about time. Some may realise that it’s the only realistic solution to the political impasse.
Suthep, enough is enough
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 15/05/2014
» "People can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. All you have to do is denounce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
Democracy must have two sets of elite forces
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/05/2014
» Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The balance of power is an important key for democracy to succeed.
Is Thailand a failed state?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 27/04/2014
» One morning last week I drove out of my soi onto Witthayu Road. Making a U-turn in front of Lumpini park I was stopped by a People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) guard on a motorbike. Other guards on motorbikes stopped traffic on all sides.
On reforming lese majeste
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 24/04/2014
» In Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union, brothers informing on brothers, families ratting out each other to state authorities, was encouraged. Then, off to the gulag with you.
Clock ticking on Yingluck
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/04/2014
» Yingluck Shinawatra sits in a similar chair as Abhisit Vejjajiva. By accident and by design, through others’ manipulation and through their own follies, both have become too divisive. Neither can be prime minister without political and social upheaval.
Has Suthep gone bonkers?
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 10/04/2014
» Perhaps it's the heat. Maybe the months of hard work has taken its toll. It could be age catching up, the pressure and the stress, the wear and tear of it all. The combination of these things can play tricks with a man's mental state.
The success of Thaksin
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 06/04/2014
» Four Reigns by the late MR Kukrit Pramoj is a beloved masterpiece of Thai literature that has been adapted into several TV series.