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Climate hysteria in the media has really got to stop
News, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 14/10/2025
» Reading the news, you would believe that the Great Barrier Reef -- the aquatic wonder off Australia's coast -- is on its deathbed, bleached beyond recognition by climate change. Recent headlines shouted in unison: "Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral decline on record." Environmental journalists are in panic mode about irreversible damage. This is advocacy campaigning, not impartial reporting.
Put a foreigner in charge
Postbag, Published on 03/08/2025
» Re: "More tourism stimulus possible", (Business, July 29).
Property win-win
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/05/2025
» Re: "Down with bad laws", (PostBag, April 27) & "Illicit foreign stakes in firms 'widespread'", (BP, April 25).
Report cards in
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/04/2025
» Re: "Phuket beach inspected", (BP, March 13).
Stop idling
Postbag, Published on 12/01/2025
» Re: "Give us clear air, not hot air", (Editorial, Jan 11) & "Expert wants to call city a problem area", (BP, Jan 11).
Kyiv faces 'difficult' May as arms supply faces delays
News, Peter Apps, Published on 08/05/2024
» Shortly after the US House of Representatives signed off its $61 billion (2.2 trillion baht) deal of military support for Ukraine last month, social media feeds run by the government in Kyiv showed US-supplied HIMARS batteries firing 16 rockets in quick succession into nearby territory held by Russia.
Schooling blues
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/12/2023
» Re: "Worker skills, education 'key to cutting inequality'", (BP, Nov 30).
But those socks!
Postbag, Published on 22/10/2023
» Re: "PM directs charm offensive at GCC", (BP, Oct 21).
Without aid of whistleblowers, the West is lost
News, Published on 28/06/2023
» Earlier this month, CNN reported that a British court has denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange "permission to appeal an order to extradite him to the United States, where he faces criminal charges under the Espionage Act". Although Assange's legal team will continue to explore its options, the snare around his neck is clearly tightening. Time is not on his side. The US and British authorities who are pursuing him can afford to wait for any remaining public interest in his case to dwindle in the face of wars, climate change, anxiety about artificial intelligence, and other global issues.