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Unpunished crimes, except Duterte's maybe
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/03/2025
» Everybody has heard the saying: "The mills of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine". The saying is a promise that all crimes will eventually be punished -- but it is a lie.
Curious case of Sunak's snap election decision
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/06/2024
» 'Why did he do it? We were all told it would be the autumn and we were hoping by then we could turn things around. It is very perplexing," said a former cabinet minister after Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a surprise election for July 4.
Polls no panacea
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/02/2024
» Re: "The perils of too much democracy", (Editorial, Feb 10).
Breaking the cycle of teen pregnancy
Oped, Chakorn Loetnithat, Published on 29/03/2023
» A 17-year-old mother called Nim made headlines in early March after she allegedly dumped her infant's corpse into a river, causing public outrage.
What's the incentive?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2022
» Re: "Thailand predicted to fail on EV target", (BP, Nov 30).
Cannabis sensibility
News, Published on 21/11/2022
» Re: "Champions of pot plot pro-cannabis bill rally," (BP, Nov 19).
No more suffering
News, Published on 26/04/2021
» Asean had been lied to after the bloody 1988 people's uprising, the 1990 election where the National League for Democracy (NLD) won, and then this coup.
Ashes of democracy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/02/2021
» Re: "Myanmar coup sparks Asean concern", (Opinion, Feb 5).
Lessons from the American insurrection
News, By Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 12/01/2021
» The carnage on Capitol Hill last Wednesday provides numerous valuable lessons for both mature and emerging democracies around the world. The US perceives itself to be a beacon of global democracy worthy of emulation. Now that a mob of pro-Trump loyalists have marched on and temporarily seized the Capitol, the American democracy that we all know can never be the same again. The country that wants to lead by example, as President-elect Joe Biden often says, has now become its own worst enemy by setting such a bad one.
Condemn all sexual abuse
News, Editorial, Published on 24/11/2020
» A recent protest by a young woman in student uniform, who held up a sign which read "I am a victim of sexual harassment" and "school is not a safe place for students", triggered a public frenzy, but in different ways.