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Is being born as an LGBTI person a medical issue?
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 30/06/2025
» June is a propitious time to remember the history of lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and their struggles to overcome discrimination and violence. One of the difficulties confronting them throughout the ages has been how the medical sector and related science view them, and how they should be treated by medical classifications. What is the situation today both locally and globally?
Trump smashes trade systems in record time
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/04/2025
» In ten whirlwind weeks, Donald Trump had already smashed the international system of rules and alliances that more or less kept the peace for the past eighty years, but his bizarre "tariffs on everybody" policy has given us a glimpse of what may take its place. It's the United States against the whole world, and America's only possible great-power ally is Russia.
Clutching at straws
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/06/2024
» Re: "Thaksin to fight royal insult case: Lawyers raise doctored video concerns", (BP, May 30).
A small Slovak assassination bid; few hurt
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 21/05/2024
» Madeleine Albright, the former US Secretary of State, once called Slovakia "the black hole at the heart of Europe", which seems a harsh judgement on five million Slovaks. The assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico was alarming, but we can narrow the problem down to a more specific group of people.
Who pays the price?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/05/2024
» Re: "Clean air comes before animal feed", (Editorial, May 12).
Italy: The hard right nears the reins of power
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/09/2022
» There's an election in Italy this Sunday, almost exactly 100 years after Benito Mussolini's "blackshirts" marched on Rome and brought the first fascist dictator to power.
Moral hazards
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/07/2022
» Re: "All for pride, pride for all", (Life, June 27).
Humour humanises
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2022
» Re: "Never forget Holocaust horrors," (Opinion, Jan 27).
Anti-Israel bleating
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/04/2021
» Re: "Israel committing crime of apartheid," (BP, April 28).
Clock is ticking
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/09/2020
» Re: "Charter rewrite vote delay," (BP, Sept 25).