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Why so unpatriotic?
News, Published on 12/01/2024
» Re: "Please Come Back", (Editorial Cartoon, Jan 11).
Liberalise lease laws
News, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2016
» An argument often heard in Thailand is that to extend leases or grant ownership rights to foreigners would betray sensitivity to the history of colonisation in Southeast Asia. But Thailand has not been subject to colonisation and is seldom seen to be overly sensitive to its neighbours' problems or transgressions, unless they directly impact the kingdom.
Lessons from history
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2021
» Re: "Govt jab management fails to hit home," (Opinion, June 14).
Bureaucracy still baffles
News, Published on 25/07/2021
» All the requirements of bureaucracy in this country have not changed in more than 100 years.
Define 'referendum'
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2016
» Re: "State spies out on prowl for referendum mischief", (BP, April 11).
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.
Prayut losing his cool
News, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2016
» Re: "PM says he won't take more jibes" (BP, March 29).
No adjusting the data
News, Postbag, Published on 06/04/2016
» Based on the size and scope of the Panama Papers leak and the fact that it will keep investigators busy for years, it undoubtedly deserves the acronym PPL.
Power of finance
News, Postbag, Published on 08/04/2016
» The Panama Papers leak reinforces the long-held suspicion that it is financial power that is shaping this world.