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Infection exodus?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/07/2021
» Re: "Doctors arrive in capital amid surge in cases", (BP, July 2).
Olympic spirit hopes
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/06/2021
» What happens at the 2020 Olympic Games with the motto "United by Emotion" will stay in Tokyo forever. The organising committee has announced that it will be the first games without foreign spectators. This has never been the case since the first modern summer Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Even now, no one is sure if Japan will be able to welcome more than 11,000 athletes to Tokyo this year.
A knee-jerk reaction
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2021
» I take a somewhat different view from that of David Brown in his Feb 11 letter on what Australia's reaction to the latest Myanmar coup should be.
PM is in denial
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/12/2020
» The Constitutional Court has cleared Prime Minister General Prayut of any wrongdoing for continuing to occupy an army house, which should come as no surprise!
Buddhism can save us
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/10/2020
» Re: "Where to start Thai reform and change?" (Opinion, Oct 2).
United? It already is
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/08/2020
» Re: "We must stay united, says PM", (BP, Aug 7).
So what's the plan?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/04/2020
» Sometimes it seems like the authorities in Thailand are solving minor problems like arresting teenagers who break curfew whilst completely ignoring the bigger ones.
Unfounded beliefs
News, Postbag, Published on 22/02/2020
» Re: "Historic ruling offers pro-choice hope", (Opinion, Feb 21).
Underwhelming taxis
News, Postbag, Published on 05/05/2018
» Re: "B5 minimum taxi fare hike needed, TDRI finds", (BP, May 1). I approve of the TDRI's suggestion for a five-baht rise in the minimum fare and a surcharge for traffic delays, as proposed by the TDRI's Sumet Ongkittikul, who found that taxi drivers earn just about the minimum wage.
New use for learning
News, Postbag, Published on 12/04/2018
» Re: "Army chief: Turn Doi Suthep complex into learning centre", (BP, April 11).