• OPINION

  Blessing in disguise?

  News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2016

  » With the failure of negotiations with the Chinese government, the junta plans to drastically chop the length of the delayed Thai-Sino high-speed train to just a third of the original plan.

• OPINION

  Lessons from history

  News, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2016

  » I have just finished reading the third novel in Robert Harris's brilliant trilogy based on the life of Cicero. It's about politicians who struggle to practise and defend democracy, but fail because of the corruptibility and greed of many of them. The politicians are divided, and some favour allowing the all-powerful general, Julius Caesar, to take control of the empire.

• OPINION

  Tragic end for voters

  News, Postbag, Published on 05/04/2016

  » We now have a draft constitution to vote on, but how well-informed will we be on the draft?

• OPINION

  A dodgy question

  News, Postbag, Published on 11/04/2016

  » I fully agree with election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, who says the extra question to be added to the referendum on the draft charter should be neutral (BP, April 9). Consider these versions:

• OPINION

  Actions speak louder

  News, Postbag, Published on 12/04/2016

  » Re: "Democrats deal double blow to CDC draft", (BP, April 11).

• OPINION

  End the road carnage

  News, Postbag, Published on 25/04/2016

  » I have lived in Thailand for about a year, having visited dozens of times since my first trip here in 1987.

• OPINION

  Down the drain

  News, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2016

  » As a long-time resident of Bangkok who has for years begged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to install adequate drainage to alleviate flooding in Soi Piphat, Silom whenever it rains, I would appreciate learning how the BMA has the funds to send the governor on an “official” trip to Portugal and spend 39 million baht on temporary illuminations in front of City Hall, while insisting it has no money to install proper drains where I live.

• OPINION

  Multi-PM madness

  News, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2016

  » Re: "Uthai slams draft charter" (Bangkok Post website, Jan 31).

• OPINION

  Imperfection isn't bad

  News, Postbag, Published on 02/02/2016

  » Just as Donald Trump is having his rant in the United States, columnist Alan Dawson is having his rant here in Thailand. (The Big Issue: So help me God, Jan 31).

• OPINION

  Flawed DNA findings?

  News, Postbag, Published on 05/02/2016

  » There appears to be some misunderstanding as to whether DNA can determine nationality. As reported in the Bangkok Post on Feb 4, a forensic source states that according to DNA analysis the body parts discovered in the Chao Phraya river are not from a Thai national.

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