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Thaksin prophecy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/05/2025
» Re: " '14th floor saga' paints a bad picture", (Opinion, May 5) & Thaksin probe welcome", (Editorial, May 1).
What microfinance can teach world economists
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 13/09/2024
» 'Economics is a meaningless subject," Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, microfinance pioneer, and rogue economist told Time magazine a few months ago.
Just the tonic
Postbag, Published on 07/01/2024
» Re: "Prospects at home and abroad in 2024", (Opinion, Jan 5).
Breaking gender barriers in the clergy
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 22/07/2023
» Can queers be ordained as Buddhist monks? The question sparked intense debates on social media when Pataradanai Setsuwan, a well-known openly gay celebrity, entered the monkhood late last month.
Predicting what Israel will do next is easy
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/07/2023
» The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first glance like just another example of "mowing the lawn". That's what the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) call these periodic futile raids they make to kill some Palestinian fighters.
Tips on staying calm
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/07/2023
» Re: "Chadchart urges fire drill revamp", (BP, June 25).
Gifted James Lovelock was Darwin's heir
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/08/2022
» Jim Lovelock was a late bloomer. His first book, Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth, was published in 1979 when he was already 60 years old. By the time he died last Thursday, on his 103rd birthday, he had written ten more books on Gaia, the hypothesis that has evolved into the key academic discipline of Earth System Science.
Myanmar's national disgrace is the Tatmadaw
Oped, Mark Adams, Published on 27/03/2021
» Today is a national holiday in Myanmar called Armed Forces Day. It is intended to honour that country's military and, as such, it is a fitting time to reflect on what exactly is worth celebrating.
Gen Z: poorer and more depressed than any before them
News, Sarah Jaquette Ray, Published on 25/07/2020
» According to polls, Generation Z -- people born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s -- share startling characteristics. They are more lonely, depressed and suicidal than any previous generation. They are more likely than earlier generations to be poorer than their parents and they are the first generation expected to live shorter lives than their parents. They also care deeply about racial justice and led the largest climate strikes last year.
Let health experts take the lead
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 09/03/2020
» The government appears to have lost the support of one vocal and loyal supporter, former Thammasat University lecturer and marketing guru Seri Wongmontha.