Showing 1 - 10 of 15
Zimbabwe and a dose of 'ruling party syndrome'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/08/2023
» 'No one will stop us from ruling this country. You will be lost if you don't vote for Zanu-PF," said President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe. A bit more arrogant than the usual election pitch in most parts of the world, perhaps, but not unusual in Zimbabwe, one of the southern African countries suffering from "ruling party" syndrome.
Words you don't really want to hear
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/12/2022
» It's that time of the year when publishers of major dictionaries bombard us with what they regard as the "words of the year". They rarely agree on the same offering, but there is one common theme -- nearly all words selected are frankly rather depressing.
Simple Myanmar fix
News, Postbag, Published on 27/03/2022
» Re: "Junta 'ordered attacks' on civilians," (BP, March 25).
New exam stance
News, Published on 24/01/2022
» Re: "CUPT comes under fire over entrance exam stance", (BP, Jan 22).
Japan's calling
News, Postbag, Published on 23/01/2022
» Re: "Japan's post-Covid regional dilemma", (Opinion, Jan 21).
How Melbourne rescheduled its entire future
Oped, Carlo Ratti, Published on 01/12/2021
» Melbourne is not the most distinctive of Australia's cities. It does not have Sydney's sandy beaches or Brisbane's rugged, Crocodile Dundee appeal. Lying on a flat plain, crossed by a meandering river, it is an urban agglomeration of some 10,000 square kilometres -- six times the size of London -- consisting of a dense urban core surrounded by sprawling suburbs.
Wagglers, winkers and grasshoppers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/09/2020
» A half-hearted spring-cleaning session at home during the week came to a welcome halt when I unearthed a long-lost copy of Have Fun With Thai Proverbs collecting dust under a pile of disintegrating paperbacks. Written by Dr Duangtip Somnapan Surintatip, the book is a reminder that there is a common thread to proverbs around the world. As the title suggests, it can be fun putting long-standing expressions into a Thai context.
Worst is confirmed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/08/2020
» With the greatest respect to Atiya Achakulwisut, whose intelligent and courageous opinion pieces are an object lesson in excellent reporting, I cannot agree with her statement in today's column that "the Red Bull case has shattered the reputation of the Royal Thai Police..." . In fact it seems to me that the opposite is true. The case has confirmed the well-deserved appalling reputation of Thailand's out-of-control police force, diligently earned through decades of corrupt practices, criminality, incompetence and complacency.
Crocodile tiers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/08/2020
» Re: "I won't be ripped off", (PostBag, Aug 6).
More a sorry scrawl than a signature
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/09/2019
» Visiting the bank the other day I had to sign a bunch of documents that no doubt would be carefully filed away to collect dust in a basement, never to be seen again. By the time I had finished I was uncomfortably aware that no two signatures of mine are exactly the same, even when written in close succession.