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Reform retirement
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/11/2025
» Many governments have toyed with the idea of extending the retirement age for civil servants, following the footsteps of Western countries. Yet, none has treated it as seriously as the current administration.
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.
Gender gap won't close without change
Oped, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 12/03/2025
» The Global Gender Gap Report 2024, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), benchmarks gender parity across 146 economies and shows that the global gender gap has closed by 68.5%. However, at the current rate, full gender parity remains 134 years away.
Facts, not fear
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2025
» Re: "Thai senator's 'live executions' proposal panned", (BP, Jan 29).
Follow the science
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/02/2024
» Re: "Don't fault African nations for producing more oil", (Opinion, Feb 2).
It looks impractical
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2024
» Re: "Bridge of disinterest", (PostBag, Jan 18) & "PM in Davos for WEF", and "4 MFP MPs quit bridge panel", (BP, Jan 15).
Bridge of disinterest
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/01/2024
» Re: "PM in Davos for WEF", and "4 MFP MPs quit bridge panel", (BP, Jan 15).
Spend wisely, please
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/11/2023
» Re: "PM doubles down on digital wallet", (BP, Nov 5).
A political stunt?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/08/2023
» Re: "10,000 Buddhist monks in Hat Yai for mass alms offerings", (BP, Aug 20).
Governing the right to access food
Oped, Nora McKeon, Published on 25/07/2023
» When I was a child, my father, who had witnessed the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, told me how common ground was sought around shared principles in a world fractured by the Cold War. Adopted in 1948, it upheld a series of basic rights, including to adequate food. States have the duty to protect, respect and fulfil such rights and can be called to account if they fail to do so.