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Heritage lost
News, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2020
» My wife grew up in Phrae and since her father was something of a big shot in the Forestry Department at the time, grew up close by in a colonial-style house architecturally similar to the one that was thoughtlessly demolished.
Time to speak up
News, Published on 09/06/2020
» Re: "Exiled Thai activist 'abducted in Cambodia'", (BP, June 6).
Local people hold key
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2020
» Re: "A forest lockdown will fuel more fires", (Opinion, April 11).
Stay distant
News, Postbag, Published on 22/03/2020
» For the past two months, I have been closely following news about Covid-19.
Privatise THAI
News, Postbag, Published on 16/03/2020
» Let's turn Thai Airways' chronic losses into an opportunity to privatise entirely.
A double whammy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/03/2020
» Re: “Perfect storm of discontent” (PostBag, March 8).
Righteous anger
News, Postbag, Published on 29/02/2020
» Re: "PM 'understands' students, warns them against bias", (BP, Feb 27). Like me, I suspect that the patriotic Thai students protesting for a better future for their nation did a double take when the PM piously intoned that "The most important thing is the law".
Fuzzy Thai logic
News, Postbag, Published on 19/10/2019
» Historically, fear of communist regimes has been used by politicians to keep them alive, strive and win elections. In the USA, politicians always create a hostile enemy and introduce a powerful fear factor to get elected. For most of the last century, the USA treated China, the Soviet Union, Cuba and Sandinistas as a threat to democracy and the whole world. First, it was Soviets, later China, and in this new century, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State became the new threat. And now they have a new enemy -- immigrants from across the border from Mexico and South America. A whole generation of Americans grew up dreaming about communists taking away their freedom and democracy. Sadly, even today a big lobby of Cuban immigrants in Florida keeps those fears alive.
Hiding the truth
News, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2019
» Re: "Stop blaming others", (PostBag, Sept 19). Well said, Darius Hober. The worst possible solution to the threats posed by false statements would be to entrust the truth to the state, or to any other sole institution.
FCCT is for journos
News, Postbag, Published on 07/09/2019
» Re: "Time to pipe down?", (PostBag, Sept 5).