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Drinking confusion
Postbag, Published on 15/11/2025
» Re: "Ban on afternoon sales under review", (BP, Nov 13).
Liquor logic lost
Postbag, Published on 01/11/2025
» Re: "Restaurants voice concern over new alcohol law", (Business, Oct 29).
Creepy toys
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/06/2024
» Re: "Doll seller faces charges over undelivered orders", (BP, June 11).
Old rice, new debate
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/05/2024
» Re: "Lab tests show rice 'edible' ", (BP, May 20) & "Push to sell old rice raises questions", (Post, May 19).
But who's counting?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/03/2022
» Re: "Covid-19 to be endemic from July," (BP, March 9).
Why so few shots?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/07/2021
» Re: "Enough Covid stunts already", (Editorial, July 12).
Spilling beans on tea
News, Postbag, Published on 24/05/2021
» Re: "Unearth the true meaning of tea money", (PostScript, May 23).
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?
History distorted
News, Postbag, Published on 19/10/2020
» "Observer's" observations about the future judgement of Prayut Chan-o-cha in Thai history books demonstrates a touching, but almost certainly misplaced, faith in the truthfulness and objectivity of written history in this country.
Expand train capacity
News, Postbag, Published on 02/06/2019
» Your May 31 editorial "Tickets to ride too expensive" neglects an important consideration. While I have no problem with making the electric trains more affordable so more low-income people can use them, doing so without adding to capacity will only make the city's traffic problems worse.