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Loving the lizards
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2026
» Re: "It's not just the park's lizards", (BP, March 16) & "Monitor monitoring", (BP, April 26, 2025).
Musk, Trump and Mao have a lot in common
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/07/2025
» The only place where some people still see Elon Musk as a political genius is China. "Brother Musk, you've got over a billion people on our side backing you," wrote a fan on Weibo, China's biggest social media site. "If Elon Musk were to found a political party," wrote another, "his tech-driven mindset could inject fresh energy into politics."
Venezuela's fall deepens under Maduro's rule
Oped, John J Metzler, Published on 15/05/2025
» What was akin to a celebration of global dictators and political rogues, Venezuela's Marxist dictator, Nicholas Maduro, visited Moscow to join Vladimir Putin in celebrating Russia's May 9 Victory Day Parade, the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany. Mr Putin's pantheon included communist China's leader Xi Jinping and Brazil's President Lula da Silva, among others.
Censure theatrics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2025
» Re: "Political experts split on censure outcome", (BP, March 26).
Education priority
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/03/2025
» Re: "'Back of the Class' graphic", (BP, March 22). The Bangkok Post graphics frequently shake up one's fixed thoughts. From the latest graphic of the World Population Review ranking the education of 203 countries, there are the following shocking and surprising revelations.
Deportation risk
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/01/2025
» Re: "Govt urged not to deport 48 Uyghurs", (BP, Jan 23).
Don't write the obituary of the lunch hour just yet
Oped, Jackie Mansky, Published on 26/11/2024
» Rewatching Modern Times the other day, I realised it's only a matter of time before something like the Billows Feeding Machine gets shilled on TikTok Shop.
Sunscreen and our move towards a sun-safe future
Oped, Charlotte Mathieson, Published on 14/09/2024
» It's April 2000. I'm 14 years old, lying on a beach in the Bahamas, a bottle of SPF 20 at my side. I periodically check to see how my suntan is developing, watching with fascination as my pale white skin turns a deep, chestnut brown. Through the headphones of my Discman, Baz Luhrmann is telling the class of '99 to "trust me on the sunscreen". I nod along to the beat, oblivious to the irony. Luhrmann's caution is ahead of the curve.
Front-page funnies
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/08/2024
» Re: "More heavy rain predicted, Thaksin to visit flood zone", (BP, Aug 27).
UN top council slams N Korea's rights record
Oped, John J. Metzler, Published on 19/06/2024
» North Korea's ongoing human rights violations were slammed and shamed by most members of the UN Security Council in a meeting last week. In a powerful briefing by both diplomats and a high profile North Korean political defector, the 15-member council underscored the noxious relationship between the regime's massive military buildups at the expense of both its population's human rights and physical well being -- namely access to sufficient food and nutrition.