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Hot off the press on Ratchadamnoen Ave
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/10/2021
» After last week's column regarding old seafaring expressions still in everyday use, I thought we could take a look at a few sayings that have their origins in newspapers.
Be rational, not nasty
News, Published on 13/09/2021
» Re: "Long way to go to end of Covid deaths, freedom", (Opinion, Sept 9).
Do we need more rockets in the stratosphere?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/08/2021
» If you're worried about your "carbon footprint" -- a concept foisted on the world in 2004 by British Petroleum to persuade people that their own behaviour, and not giant oil companies like BP, is causing the climate problem -- then you definitely should not sign up for a sub-orbital space flight. Besides, you probably can't afford it (US$250,000 -- about 8 million baht -- per person).
Give bin men jabs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2021
» A disgraceful but commonplace sight all over Bangkok has long been that of our trash collectors doing a dirty job without adequate uniforms. Covid has now made their job even more risky.
Deadly drivers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/07/2021
» Re: "Anti-vaxxer overload," (PostBag, July 3).
Closures to backfire?
News, Postbag, Published on 28/06/2021
» Re: "Capital avoids total lockdown", and "Giving us a break", (BP and PostBag, June, 26).
Devil always wins
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2021
» Re: "Suu Kyi's sedition trial set to begin", (BP, June 16).
Free drug convicts
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/05/2021
» Re: "Mass parole no solution", (Editorial, May 20).
Vaccine disparity
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/04/2021
» Thailand's Covid-19 vaccination rate is 1.6 doses per 100 people, while the UK rate is 69.2 per 100 people, according to statistics from the BBC's report on "Covid vaccines: How fast is progress around the world".
Shipping is worse than aviation
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/03/2021
» 'We're waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we've got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts," said Steve Parks of Seaport Freight Services in England, who is awaiting twenty of the 18,300 containers aboard the Ever Given. Which of those things cannot be sourced from somewhere closer than Asia?