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The free market reality isn't always the answer
News, Published on 02/05/2016
» Neoliberalism is a common word in Europe that is slowly making its way across the Atlantic. Basically, it's another name for free-market, laissez-faire ideology -- the "liberal" in the word comes from classical liberalism, which was the British term for what Americans might call libertarianism.
The big issue: 301 hypocrites
Alan Dawson, Published on 01/05/2016
» Thailand got on the United States list of the "dirty dozen" worst pirates in the explored galaxy for the ninth consecutive year. By doing that, it stayed off the list of worst hypocrites.
Kaeng Krachan and the state's charade
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/03/2016
» In his column "From the Prime Minister's Heart" in the government's newsletter, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha reaffirms his administration's commitment to sustainable development and the sufficiency economy. The gap between words and actions is as wide as an ocean.
Laos ignores dam flak
News, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2015
» The Lao government is forging ahead with the construction of the massive Don Sahong dam, close to the tri-border area with Thailand and Cambodia, within the next few weeks. The dam is yet another large-scale project being undertaken by Vientiane to make Laos "the battery of Southeast Asia". Under the programme, Laos intends to become a serious electricity exporter to its neighbours. This may happen. But what is already certain to happen is that the projects will disrupt the Mekong River and affect the people of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand like never before.
Debunking myth, retelling history
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/10/2015
» History or patriotic myth? When I first heard of a new book, The Thai History, I thought of nothing but another government effort to build a sense of nationalism among Thais. The 208-page book was written by the Fine Arts Department and launched last Thursday at the National Book Fair.
Asian-Americans triumph despite prejudice
News, Nicholas Kristof, Published on 12/10/2015
» This is an awkward question, but here goes: Why are Asian-Americans so successful in America? It's no secret that Asian-Americans are disproportionately stars in American schools, and even in American society as a whole. Census data shows that Americans of Asian heritage earn more than other groups, including whites. Asian-Americans also have higher educational attainment than any other group.
Abe risks job with military push
News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 27/07/2015
» Nearly to the day of the first successful test of a nuclear bomb in 1945, and just a few weeks from the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed through legislation to give his country's military the power to strike offensively for the first time since the war.
Was killing bin Laden a war crime?
News, Published on 20/05/2015
» We'll probably never know the accuracy of all the details in Seymour Hersh's alternative account of the killing of Osama bin Laden. But Hersh's version has enough verisimilitude to call for a reconsideration of what has always been the most troubling legal question, even under the official version of the event: Was the shooting of bin Laden proportionate and therefore justified under international law? Or was it, to put the matter bluntly, a war crime?
Inequality is a choice made by Americans
News, Published on 04/05/2015
» The eruptions in Baltimore have been tied, in complex ways, to frustrations at American inequality, and a new measure of the economic gaps arrived earlier this year: It turns out that the Wall Street bonus pool in 2014 was roughly twice the total annual earnings of all Americans working full time at the federal minimum wage.
Quality education must be for everyone
News, Published on 17/04/2015
» The 2015 Education For All Report was released on April 9 by Unesco. The world is making progress. Compared to 1999, nearly two-thirds more children were enrolled in early childhood education. But, the programme has missed the goal of primary education for all, meaning almost 100 million children worldwide or 48% are not completing primary education.