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Crime against humanity
News, Postbag, Published on 04/07/2021
» Re: "Study into whether animal drug can treat Covid", (BP, July 1).
Giving us a break?
Oped, Published on 26/06/2021
» There were five PostBag letters on June 24. Not one of them was from Felix Qui, Burin Kantabutra, Kuldeep Nagi or Eric Bahrt. Was it because they didn't write any or because the PostBag Editor finally decided to give readers a break from those guys?
Mixed messages
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/06/2021
» Re: "Disparity worsens ocean pollution," (Opinion, June 9).
Inconclusive ending
News, Postbag, Published on 16/03/2021
» Michael Setter tells us that suicide in the US has risen over the past 15 years to be the 10th most common cause of death, (PostBag, March 12).
Vaccine altruism?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/11/2020
» The National Vaccine Institute (NVI) will sign a 182-billion-baht contract with AstraZeneca for 26 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, sufficient for 13 million people (BP, Nov 27). This equates to 7,000 baht per jab.
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?
Victim of patronage
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/10/2020
» Re: "A closer look at Thailand's model of Baramee", (Opinion, Oct 21).
History lost forever
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/06/2020
» Re: "Panels probe house saga", (BP, June 21).
Trimming off the top
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/05/2020
» I suspect there is more at play than mere incompetence with regard to the excessive "pruning" of Bangkok's urban trees (BP, April 27). At least some of the trees in question are Burma padauk (known in Thailand as pradu, and scientifically as Pterocarpus macrocarpus).
Doubleplusgood?
News, Postbag, Published on 22/06/2019
» Re: "Orwellian Thailand", (PostBag, June 20).