Showing 81-90 of 264 results
-
Bridge goes too far
News, Postbag, Published on 06/02/2016
» News of the armed raid in Pattaya by a group of soldiers, police and district officials on a bunch of mostly old-age pensioners has gone viral.
-
Playing their cards wrong
News, Postbag, Published on 07/02/2016
» The raid on the Jomtien and Pattaya Bridge Club is beyond the pale. If defies logic and common sense. It should make Thailand the laughing stock of the world, if it hasn’t already.
-
Use power wisely
News, Postbag, Published on 10/02/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has come out to apologise to the public for having lost his temper recently. I think most Thais understand his situation quite well and are ready to forgive him.
-
Women are slaves
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2016
» Re: “PM’s gender equality stance stuck in the past”, (Opinion, Feb 3).
-
Their own worst enemy
News, Postbag, Published on 14/02/2016
» Re: “Army prepares to step up rocket-system technology” (BP, Feb 13).
-
Slaves to irrationality
News, Postbag, Published on 22/12/2015
» Despite our technological progress, all too often we humans remain slaves to irrationality, prone to be led by gut feelings rather than facts, fearing and mistrusting what we do not understand. The popular reaction to genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) seems a prime example of these tendencies. In Michael Setter’s recent goldmine of non-sequiturs on this topic, I was particularly taken by the following example:
-
Great opportunity
News, Postbag, Published on 21/12/2015
» Re: “Oil slides under $35 as glut worsens” (BP, Dec 19).
-
Weird science
News, Postbag, Published on 23/12/2015
» Re: “Slaves to irrationality”, (PostBag, Dec 22).
-
Keep up the good work
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2015
» Well, I’m back! At immigration I actually got a smile but it might have been due to the fashionable Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts I was wearing.
-
Put support to good use
News, Postbag, Published on 25/12/2015
» Heartiest congratulations to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on National Statistical Office poll results showing that 99% of Thais are “satisfied” with his government’s overall performance. I’ve never seen such overwhelming results outside of North Korea.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links