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Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 25/04/2013
» If you want a moral-based analysis of politics, go see a monk. You would then feel good about yourself, but still wouldn’t understand politics. If you want to understand politics, read a political analysis, but then you would hate politics.
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 21/04/2013
» In theory, a democratic nation is governed by three branches: the executive, judicial and the parliamentary or legislative. In Thailand's reality, the country is governed formally by those three institutions, but also informally by two other institutions, the military and what we shall term as the "old establishment".
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 07/04/2013
» Shifting alliances, it's deliciously Machiavellian. There are no BFFs (best friends forever) in politics. Don't be surprised if the old establishment, the military and the Thaksin Shinawatra political machine make a pact to govern Thailand as a triumvirate, leaving the Democrat Party out in the cold. Don't be surprised if negotiations are already under way to achieve that.
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 10/03/2013
» Not only is Leonardo DiCaprio an award-winning actor, he's also an admirable philanthropist. But life is rarely fair.
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 21/02/2013
» It was a room full of adults, mostly male. Voices gave instructions and made comments, fingers pointed and camera shutters clicked.
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 17/02/2013
» Baseless, directionless, clueless, senseless and hopeless is the Bangkok governorship.
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/01/2013
» Thailand's culture is a passive and superstitious one that relies on faith, fate and sheer luck, with the ingrained belief that things will always turn out just fine. After all, karma dictates our destiny, and we bribe her quite well. So mai pen rai.
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 09/12/2012
» Tomorrow is Constitution Day, but with 17 charters since 1932, we can call Dec 10 the day when Thailand celebrates 80 years of fickleness. Charter changes to accommodate the times are one thing; 17 constitutions and counting in 80 years is an entirely different matter.
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 02/12/2012
» A revolution, ladies and gentlemen, is preferably fought by teachers and civil servants, rather than by soldiers and protesters.
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 28/10/2012
» When the merchant elites buy up the provincial lords, what do the traditional elites have left in their hands? The answer requires a bit of background.