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America and the problem of weak fascism
News, Eli Lake, Published on 18/08/2017
» There is no question that President Donald Trump's shifting reactions to the domestic terrorism in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been odious. While he condemned the murder of Heather Heyer, his equivocations, hedges and moral equivalency in the last few days signal a quiet approval of white supremacists. "What about the alt-left?"
Time to cut the 'superior' down to size
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/08/2017
» The white supremacist rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia against the planned removal of the statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee should not just be seen as another story about America to us here in Thailand.
A need to look in the mirror
News, Editorial, Published on 18/08/2017
» Over the past week, a clip showing a group of Thai tourists acting improperly while visiting the world-famous Yellowstone National Park in the US has dominated public attention.
India begins changing its secular identity
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/08/2017
» When India got its independence from Britain 70 years ago this week, it was founded as a secular democracy -- secular because it acknowledged the status and rights of Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and other religious minorities as equal to those of the Hindu majority. Mahatma Gandhi, the great hero of the independence movement, was a devout Hindu, but he was murdered by a Hindu fanatic for defending Muslim rights after Partition.
SRT moves backwards
News, Postbag, Published on 18/08/2017
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) intends to spend 19.5 billion baht on 100 new diesel locomotives, (BP, Aug 15).
How to Boost BMTA buses
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 18/08/2017
» During this month and next, the BMTA will be running a trial period of "reform" for their public buses in order to drum up more passengers. I put in the quotation marks because it seems what they mean so far by reform essentially consists of recolouring the buses and changing their numbers. Bus numbers in the future may start with an English alphabet letter which represents their colour and area of operation i.e. G=green, B=blue, Y=yellow and so on. If it ends with E, that means it will go on an express-way too. How fun!