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Dubious road to divinity
News, Postbag, Published on 28/02/2016
» We hear a lot nowadays about clerics wielding sometimes immense power in many countries, mostly in the Middle East, but also in many other places, including the South of Thailand.
A beautiful mind
News, Postbag, Published on 01/03/2016
» Re: "Brave student sees beyond his disability", (Spectrum, Feb 28).
Voters' needs first
News, Postbag, Published on 02/03/2016
» I propose that we, like the US, should have primary elections and face-to-face televised debates to choose the candidates of each party, who would then run against each other to be, say, prime minister.
Thanat's stellar legacy
News, Postbag, Published on 05/03/2016
» Unforgettable Thanat Khoman, who passed away on Thursday, was one of the architects of modern Thai diplomacy.
Thai kind of democracy
News, Postbag, Published on 20/03/2016
» Re: “Beleaguered CDC should thwart the ‘coup in disguise’ ”, (Opinion, March 19).
The baht’s to blame
News, Postbag, Published on 02/04/2016
» It’s pretty pathetic to see Thaksin Shinawatra and his allies accusing PM Prayut Chan-o-cha and the lack of Thai democracy for Thailand’s slow and sluggish economy when the economies of most countries in the world are on the decline.
Songkran out of control
News, Postbag, Published on 17/04/2016
» Having once more survived Songkran by limiting my movements to the house and garden I feel the need to express my amazement that even more people are not killed here in the far North considering the style that this exuberant festival has taken.
The military biz
News, Postbag, Published on 23/04/2016
» Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha grabbed power in order to carry through much-needed reforms. Yet, he does not understand what a conflict of interest is, or why leaders must avoid such conflicts, for he staunchly defends his brother's appointment of his nephew as an army officer without going through normal selection processes.
Regime must clear air
News, Published on 30/04/2016
» Re: "Storm clouds gather over charter vote", (Opinion, April 27).
Ukraine is free
News, Postbag, Published on 07/05/2016
» In his April 30 commentary, "Clowning around is no joke anymore", Kong Rithdee claimed that: "From Ukraine to Egypt, from Myanmar to Malaysia, satirists have been threatened, charged and sometimes jailed."