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Clean air betrayal
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/10/2025
» Re: "MPs fail Clean Air Bill," (Editorial, Oct 1).
Bridge of fantasy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/07/2025
» Re: "Land Bridge falls flat", (BP, July 13).
Rationing 'truth'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2025
» Re: "N Ireland town hit by second night of unrest", (World, June 11) and "Trump deploys Marines, raising tensions in Los Angeles", (World, June 10).
What about us?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2024
» Re: "Govt working on visa-free travel deal", (BP, Feb 13).
Living English
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/10/2021
» Re: "Bad language blues", (PostBag, Oct 11) and "Laughing at Lotus's", (Postbag, Oct 9).
Hydro washout
News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2021
» Re: "China has thousands of hydropower projects it doesn't want", (BP, Aug 21).
Now Thailand's turn
News, Postbag, Published on 09/11/2020
» In a democracy, incompetent and morally corrupt persons can be voted out of office. In Thailand they stay on and on and on because of coups and doubtful electoral laws which are made up and get interpreted arbitrarily, while political movements are suppressed and non-status quo parties get outlawed repeatedly.
Constitutional perks
News, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2020
» The recent article re the ombudsmen's perks falls neatly into line with the similar perks granted to the judiciary which are perfectly explained in a very accurate assessment of recent Thai politics by the Cambridge University Press who articulated that "Meechai's constitution is designed to give more concrete power to an unelected elite minority -- the army, the judiciary and 'independent' organisations". It goes on to suggest that " the voters' electoral mandate will be less meaningful in deciding who should govern.
The glue doesn't stick
News, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2019
» The excuse that the "skewed scales must have been due to poor glueing during its making" offered by the director of the Chumpholphonphisai School in explanation for the controversial Wai Kru flower arrangements as reported in the Bangkok Post's June 15 edition, is priceless.
Too much of a threat
News, Postbag, Published on 27/04/2019
» Re: "FFP leader risks the chop as MP", (BP, April 24).