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Injustice abounds
Postbag, Published on 10/09/2023
» Re: "Restore trust in justice", (BP, Editorial, Sept 8).
It is what it is … whatever it might be
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/05/2022
» An expression which is increasingly heard these days on television and in political comment is the rather cryptic "it is what it is". Not exactly an illuminating observation, and it prompts the question, "But, what is it?" Apparently it means a certain situation that cannot be changed however much you want and carries an element of resignation.
Slave mentality
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/04/2022
» Re: "Singapore defends drug crime execution amid outcry over man's IQ", (BP, April 28).
Well, after that things can only get better
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/12/2020
» What a dreadful year. We found ourselves having to tackle a whole new vocabulary and most of the words were enough to make even the most optimistic among us depressed. It all began in March with "self-isolation", a horrible expression inferring you have become a hermit, hidden away, exiled, incommunicado, which in fact is exactly what we were.
The future is bright
News, Postbag, Published on 31/12/2019
» Re: "Misled by 'democracy,'" (PostBag, Dec 29).
Asean nears its Thucydides trap turning point
News, Published on 14/10/2019
» In the whirlwind of the 554 officially listed events which marked the start of the UN General Assembly debates in New York two weeks ago, the concern raised by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres -- that the world is moving towards a Great Fracture -- was understandably lost in the cacophony.
Attack on Buddhism
News, Postbag, Published on 24/06/2019
» Re: "Southeast Asian authorities accused of 'trading' dissidents", (BP, June 22). It is indeed an unholy alliance if true as alleged that Thailand is cooperating with governments in Asean to suppress the practice of the wise teachings of the Buddha.
Doubleplusgood?
News, Postbag, Published on 22/06/2019
» Re: "Orwellian Thailand", (PostBag, June 20).
Fed up with politics
News, Postbag, Published on 21/06/2019
» Re: "Same old politics stuck on repeat", (Commentary, June 20).