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A moral exemplar
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/10/2025
» Re: "Legal eagles voice worries over Thaksin's pardon bid", (BP, Oct 1). Whatever naughtinesses he may have been accused of, it cannot be denied that Thaksin Shinawatra continues to prove a moral exemplar to the nation in at least two areas. The first is that he faithfully follows the traditional example of accumulating the greatest possible sufficiency of extreme wealth; the second is that he entertains as unfailingly as Lisa Manoban herself, albeit with his humorous approach to preached legal norms rather than with her doubtless impressive song and dance routines.
Here's to all the useful ghosts of our history
Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/08/2025
» Ghosts are useful because they remind us of the unresolved, the unsettled, the unfinished -- in life, love, politics, or history. The film of the moment hitches onto that idea and takes it far, as far as the Cannes Film Festival, and now it has been picked as Thailand's representative for the Oscars.
The Trump melodrama: Relief is at hand
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/08/2025
» Nobody had been bothering for the past three years, but then along came Donald Trump, determined to shape a "peace deal" between two countries about which he knows little and cares less. Why? Just to win a bauble called the Nobel Peace Prize, because Barack Obama got it first and that wasn't fair.
LA burns? Barely
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2025
» Re: "Rationing 'truth'", (PostBag, June 16).
It's a political circus
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/08/2024
» Re: "Freeman Thaksin awaits docs", and "New PM looks to future", (BP, Aug 19).
Slippery stuff
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/06/2023
» Re: “Yok as a political pawn”, (Editorial, June 19).
Unnecessary directive
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/04/2023
» Re: "Army, cops pressed to nab hacker", & "AWOL hacker sparks outcry", (BP, April 11& 12).
Rise above the folly
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2023
» Re: "Foreigners flee Thai stocks", (Business, March 2).
Good chance of being caught on the hop
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/01/2023
» To mark this weekend's Chinese New Year celebrations for Year of the Rabbit it seems appropriate to dedicate today's column to our cuddly cottontail friends, otherwise known as bunnies. Let's hope not too many of them end up in a pie or stew. As a precaution, just be careful when you order "today's special".
Grim logic
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/11/2022
» Re: "Financial injustice" and "What a cop out", (PostBag, Nov 11).