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Yingluck, face the music
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/04/2014
» Two things Yingluck Shinawatra could do. Take the impeachment charges against her head on, chin up and shoulders back, show character and resolve. Or she could just whine and cry about it.
Jatuporn in - at Yingluck's expense?
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/03/2014
» Nearly two years ago, sitting from across the table, I listened to Jatuporn Prompan complained about being sidelined from the cabinet by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
With all sides wrong, there can be no right
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 19/01/2014
» Looking at the protests against him today, Thaksin Shinawatra is perhaps wondering, "What did I do that was so wrong?"
The politics of 'Som-tam-pla-ra'
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/10/2013
» Morality, legality and democracy, these are the things tribal minions get stuck on, actually believing that they are what the political struggle over the past eight years has been all about.
Thailand is more than Soi Cowboy
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/10/2013
» Two-plus years have passed since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office. Probation period is long over. It's time to step up on her leadership.
Our future rests in our ability to unite
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 06/10/2013
» We should challenge the system and change it out of desire for the better. The task of nation-building should not be based on hatred and fear.
Thailand in continual shutdown
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/10/2013
» Modern-day democracy started with the United States. Today the US government is shut down by those very people who were elected to make the government function - people employing a political tactic, in the midst of a political squabble, motivated by the goal of political power.
We need more than a superficial makeover
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 29/09/2013
» Throwing subsidies around isn't going to turn stupidity into intelligence. Building fancy toys like high-speed trains isn't going to turn superficiality into sensibility. Giving lip service to democracy while practising feudalism isn't exactly democratic development, either.
Re-Engineering the doddering Democrats
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 08/09/2013
» The Thaksin Shinawatra political machine is winning big; the Democrat Party is losing large. For the sake of good governance and Thailand's future, the Democrats need to shape up.
Thailand 2020: Impaired vision?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 28/07/2013
» Let the child learn to walk before expecting him to run. Otherwise, he'll trip and fall, suffer a booboo and cry like a baby. But it seems the Thailand 2020 scheme is expecting the child to go straight from crawling to running in the Olympics.