• OPINION

  The mysterious men in black

  Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/04/2013

  » When analysing politics we should connect the dots as far as the dots (or our intellect) go, rather than stop at whichever dot satisfies our moral righteousness and ignore the rest. And we should be mindful of imaginary dots

• OPINION

  Get therapy for the emotionally stunted

  News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 23/02/2014

  » If the elitists believe poor farmers are stupid, then caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra must think the entire country, in fact the world, is stupid.

• OPINION

  When the law is but a whore

  News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 29/12/2013

  » As the protest in the streets reaches a new violent level, let's not forget one important factor that got Thailand into this mess in the first place. This is the disrespect for the rule of law and the exploitation of it.

• OPINION

  When democracy meets capitalism

  Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 05/09/2013

  » There’s a reason why the Department of Special Investigation filed charges only against Abhisit Vejjajiva and Suthep Thaugsuban, while leaving the military out of the equation – a deal may have already been made.

• OPINION

  Thailand is more than Soi Cowboy

  News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/10/2013

  » Two-plus years have passed since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office. Probation period is long over. It's time to step up on her leadership.

• OPINION

  Keeping it in the Pheu Thai family

  Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 17/10/2013

  » There’s a move by the Pheu Thai government. One that is not motivated by democracy, but rather a power grab in the guise of democracy. It can only fool the gullible. That move is the expansion of family-controlled politics.

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  OPINION

  The politics of 'Som-tam-pla-ra'

  News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/10/2013

  » Morality, legality and democracy, these are the things tribal minions get stuck on, actually believing that they are what the political struggle over the past eight years has been all about.

• OPINION

  The story of a lese majeste prisoner

  News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 21/07/2013

  » Sometimes there's no need for commentary, the story speaks for itself. Allegations were made by Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul during a seminar last Sunday, recorded <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80clD_3GVUA" target="_blank">and put on YouTube</a>, that ordinary red shirt prisoners and red shirt lese majeste convicts in particular are physically abused by guards and other prisoners; ignored by leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD); and at the mercy of Pheu Thai-appointed lawyers who didn't know and didn't care about their cases.

• OPINION

  Civil war? A scenario

  Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 29/08/2013

  » During these sensitive political times and only fragile peace between the political divide, one might ask the question: what could be the final straw that breaks the buffalo’s back – that which may plunge the Kingdom of Thailand into a civil war? Let’s consider this.

• OPINION

  Political gambit being played out at The Hague

  Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 25/04/2013

  » If you want a moral-based analysis of politics, go see a monk. You would then feel good about yourself, but still wouldn’t understand politics. If you want to understand politics, read a political analysis, but then you would hate politics.

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