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No special species
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/11/2025
» Re: "Jakarta dog meat ban sparks debate", (World, Nov 27). Yes, if an animal is infected with rabies or any other disease, it is probably better not to eat its meat, however tasty, albeit recognising that the starving might reasonably have different priorities. This is true whether the animal is a dog, a cow, a cat, a pig, a chicken, or another of our animal relatives.
In an Irish memorial, I see echoes of Palestine
Oped, Andy Young, Published on 03/10/2025
» The figures by the River Liffey in Dublin are more clothes than flesh. The Famine Memorial, created by Rowan Gillespie, holds in bronze a moment of suffering, the settling in of the Great Hunger, which would cut Ireland's population by more than a quarter, the gone either dead or emigrated.
No Thatcher, is she
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/07/2025
» Re: "Wartime requires a prime minister with full authority, (InQuote, July 25).
Only courts can deal with Thaksin
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/06/2025
» The rally at the Victory Monument on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resembled the so-called "Bangkok Shutdown" held in 2014 by the People's Democratic Reform Committee to demand the ouster of the government of then prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Ms Paetongtarn's aunt.
Politics behind PM's censure debate
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/03/2025
» What was actually discussed, or what kinds of deal were struck, at the closed-door meeting of the "Big Four", namely Thaksin Shinawatra and Newin Chidchob, the de facto leaders of Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai parties, and Prime Minister Paetongtarn and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, at the Ban Chan Song La mansion on March 2 remains a mystery.
Tak Bai injustice
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/10/2024
» Re: "iCon to face more charges", (BP, Oct 21) & "Expiry of Tak Bai charges 'linked to surge in unrest'", (BP, Oct 21).
We need a food sharing mechanism
News, Genevieve Donnellon-May, Published on 26/08/2024
» During the Asean-Australia Post-Ministerial Conference in Vientiane last month, Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi once again highlighted the critical role partners like Australia must play in easing the region's food insecurity.
Control-deny-delete
News, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2022
» Re: "US shoots itself in the foot over Taiwan", (Opinion, Aug 5).
Give tourists a hand
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2022
» Re: "Hotels 'helping' stranded tourists", (BP, March 13).
EU beef advertisement undermines climate goals
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 16/07/2021
» 'If the sound of beef sizzling on the grill brings tears to your eyes, you're a real beefatarian." That's the opening line of a TV ad produced by a European advertising campaign called Proud of European Beef. Just more advertising silliness? No, because the European Union is paying 80% of the cost of it.