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  • OPINION

    Publicity never bad

    News, Postbag, Published on 16/02/2016

    » Thanks for your brave attempt at clarifying what bridge is and is not (Life, Feb 15). One of the unintended consequences of the saga is that the Pattaya bridge club, small by international standards, is now the most famous in the entire world, with several hundred newspaper and TV reports and tens of thousands of comments on blogsites talking about it. The tale has also made Jeremy Watson (the organiser) and myself (the founder, in 1994) the best-known bridge players throughout the five continents even though our standards sadly fall short of the brilliance usually required for notoriety.

  • OPINION

    The real booze issue

    News, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2016

    » Re: "Activists demand big hike in booze taxes", (Online, March 2).

  • OPINION

    Unabated madness

    News, Postbag, Published on 15/04/2016

    » Here in Pattaya, Songkran apparently started on Tuesday on Beach Road but unfortunately it has also started to infect the roads back from the sea. Foreigners are roaming the streets and dominating the bars firing high-powered water guns into the faces of motorcyclists.

  • OPINION

    Don't go off the rails

    News, Postbag, Published on 30/06/2016

    » If the government and State Railway of Thailand wish to go ahead with the high-speed train projects, may they review the existing investment plan, the administration of safety, and an effective business strategy to come up with the break-even point or turn to profit.

  • OPINION

    Prepare for subs

    News, Postbag, Published on 04/07/2016

    » Re: "Prawit stands by submarine push", (BP, July 2).

  • OPINION

    Democracy on trial

    News, Postbag, Published on 12/07/2016

    » Eric Bahrt in his letter, "Better late than never", (BP, July 10) demanded that I, among others, apologise for being a junta apologist and anti-democracy advocate. That is funny, allow me to explain why.

  • OPINION

    You don't know better

    News, Postbag, Published on 09/08/2016

    » "Sunday's referendum results show Thais are sick of politicians' games and want a cleaner form of democracy", (BP, Aug 8). The article quoted people making exactly the kind of comments you would have expected and showed their arrogance and disdain for ordinary people.

  • OPINION

    Farang 'all the same'

    News, Postbag, Published on 28/09/2016

    » Re: "Man's body cut up with chainsaw", (BP, Sept 27).

  • OPINION

    Bring your own bags

    News, Postbag, Published on 11/10/2016

    » Brian Shepard in his Oct 8 letter wonders why convenience stores are allowed to provide plastic bags for their customers; because retailers provide bags for containing their goods, Thailand is living in a world of trash and other waste.

  • OPINION

    Monk farce has to end

    News, Postbag, Published on 11/12/2016

    » Re: "Followers petition King to quash all charges", (BP, Dec 10).

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