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Cost of taxation
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/07/2024
» Re: "Guard against foreign crime", (BP, July 23). The appearance of a billboard advertising citizenship for investment programmes should not be met with shock by the Thai government.
Love the police?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/05/2022
» Re: "Police fail Tangmo test", (Editorial, April 29).
Japan's calling
News, Postbag, Published on 23/01/2022
» Re: "Japan's post-Covid regional dilemma", (Opinion, Jan 21).
No time to lose
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/02/2021
» The Bangkok Post's Feb 4 edition reported that our water is unsafe for human and pet consumption. Last year that problem persisted until the end of May ... but what was done over the past year?
A silly syllabus
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/11/2020
» Former Education Minister Somsak Prissananantakul favours providing students with a better understanding of history (BP, Nov 3), so long as a process known as chamra prawattisat be undertaken, in which academics with differing opinions come together to agree on a standard interpretation. This proposal sums up much of what is wrong with Thai education, and perhaps Thai culture as well. Why have a standard interpretation of history? So it can be crammed down students' throats for later regurgitation on command? History is like a photograph. It captures events from a specific angle, with a specific depth of field, and perhaps through various filters. Why not expose students to multiple interpretations and let them, through discussion, identify the biases in each and, in the process, develop critical thinking skills?
The best form of rule
News, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2020
» Re: "Democratic letdown", (PostBag, Jan 31).
Law is for everyone
News, Postbag, Published on 21/12/2019
» It was reported earlier this week that the army admitted to killing three unarmed civilians in the deep South.
Reform is a sound bite
News, Postbag, Published on 29/09/2018
» The junta leader recently was quoted as saying in a news report earlier this week that by appointing Sontaya Kunplome as the new mayor of Pattaya they would "also benefit local administration reform".
Digital disaster
News, Postbag, Published on 25/09/2018
» Every human on the planet needs to question the sudden hard push by the technocrats and elites demanding digital IDs.