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Using force is no way to defend the monarchy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/11/2020
» Do royalists really believe that the use of force, hate-mongering and pitching one protest against another are the best ways to defend the monarchy?
Will the Empire strike back at the Skywalkers?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/12/2019
» The dark spectre of street politics has returned to a deeply polarised society, as the ruling conservatives try to hold on to their unstable coalition over a feast of shark fin soup.
So what's so hard about transparency?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/01/2018
» For law-abiding Thais living under the "peace and order" regime, what should annoy us the most?
Tribalism lets the blind lead the blind
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 26/09/2017
» It comes in a package. A coup that is not a coup. Airport seizures that are retroactively described as self-imposed closures by the authorities themselves. An act of forcing freshmen to strip naked and simulate sex acts is explained away as a rite of passage and bonding activity.
Bickering not needed as we grieve for HM
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 18/10/2016
» Has Thailand changed markedly since 3.52pm last Thursday when His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away?
Good political intentions are not enough
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/05/2015
» Wouldn't it be nice if Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha used his powers under Section 44 to stop after-hours alcohol sales near the campus allegedly implicated in the drink-driving accident which killed three cyclists in Chiang Mai?
Fomenting a culture of absolute hate
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 25/02/2014
» Call me a multi-coloured salim, a term used to describe a person with no political standpoint. Call me a softy, an optimist. Call me a sissy if you like, but I will still admit to feeling extremely shocked and saddened by red-shirt supporters' celebrations over the killings of anti-government protesters in Trat last week.
Yingluck's speech a setback
Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/02/2014
» Leaders and politicians can be defined by words they probably wish they had never uttered.
'Big Brother' plays high odds in bill gambit
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/11/2013
» In a recent interview with Post Today newspaper, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that as a businessman, he understands give-and-take as part and parcel of negotiations.
Amnesty bill's timing is perfect for Thaksin
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/10/2013
» Some people are wondering why the Pheu Thai Party has chosen now as the time to push for a blanket amnesty bill to "burst through a dead-end alley".