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Cameron trumps PM
News, Published on 30/09/2013
» Re: ''PM votes above Cameron'' (PostBag, Sept 28).
Face of change needs more than a mask
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 05/06/2013
» Wearing a Guy Fawkes mask as a way of holding one's nose against the government seems to have caught on.
Postbag: Reforms need substance
News, Published on 28/03/2013
» Somkiat Tangkitvanich's commentary in ''Education system ills setting up future failure'' (BP, March 27) is very valid and is a matter close to my heart.
Open Sesame Street: why public TV matters
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 17/10/2012
» As I was listening to the presidential debate back on Oct3, I knew Mitt Romney was going to have it bad when he pledged to cut federal funding for public broadcasting. Oh yes, fans of the cuddly creatures from Sesame Street and other shows on PBS, such as documentaries, are sure to start their hate parade. In fact, there is actually going to be one on Nov 3, called the Million Muppet March, when protesters will gather at the National Mall in Washington, DC, to defend PBS and Sesame Street.
Uncertainty cast over Asia banks
News, Prasarn Trairatvorakul, Published on 10/07/2012
» The future of the banking industry in Asia and at the global level is being shaped by three major forces, namely, the fragile world economy, international financial regulatory reforms, and the rise of Asia which faces its own development challenges.
Time for restraint as charter court begins enquiry
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/07/2012
» All eyes are on the Constitution Court as it begins an enquiry into the charge of attempting to overthrow constitutional monarchy brought against the Pheu Thai Party over its bid to rewrite the charter using Section 291 of the constitution.
Striving for democracy
News, Published on 27/06/2012
» Eighty years, three days and counting. This is how long the country has been "progressing towards democracy". If there were a scale of speed where an Olympics sprint rated a 1 and a stroll through the mall was a 10, the advance to democracy in Thailand would be about 20. There are numerous reasons for this, to be sure. But there is no valid excuse for it.
Chula asks us Lido-lovers to feel the pain
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/03/2012
» Alarmed and despondent, readers have sent feedback to me regarding last week's column on the forthcoming demise of the Lido Theatre. For a second, I thought I had struck my Kony moment, though I'd promised I'd never end up the same way as that video-maker who was caught naked, drunk, and allegedly performing al fresco masturbation just days after his socially-conscious campaign had gone viral. Don't let the urge to save the world short-circuit your head, that's the lowdown.
Macaroons or not, devil still in the details
News, Pichai Chuensuksawadi, Published on 06/03/2012
» The last time we had a meal together was over five years ago. Thaksin Shinawatra was still prime minister. The political temperature at the time was high and he announced on April 4, 2006 that he was taking leave. Soon after his return in May, a dinner was arranged for the Post group's senior editors. It was a Chinese dinner at Central, Lat Phrao. It had been a while since we'd had the chance to chat and exchange views with the prime minister and his key ministers. Not long after that, he was ousted in the coup of September 2006.
Terrorism not defined by casualty numbers
News, Published on 17/02/2012
» Re: ''Bombers 'part of terror group','' (BP, Feb 16). Serious questions need to be asked about the suitability of Wichean Potephosree as secretary-general of the National Security Council. The man is obviously in a state of total denial of the realities on the ground.