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Stretched to the limit
News, Postbag, Published on 07/01/2016
» Re: “Free rubber stock, growers urge”, (BP, Jan 6).
Reality of growth
News, Postbag, Published on 08/01/2016
» The World Bank’s "gloomy" 2.4% growth outlook for Thailand sounds bad but needs some perspective. It’s not far off the world forecast and well ahead of Europe.
Anarchy rules
News, Postbag, Published on 09/12/2015
» Re: “Army detains anti-coup activists”, (BP, Dec 8). One expects students in any country to be intelligent.
Claus for thought
News, Postbag, Published on 10/12/2015
» In their Dec 8 letters, both Barbara AK Franklin and Richard Mabbitt attempt to educate me about the origin of Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas. Sorry to burst their bubble but it’s impossible to point to a real "first" Santa, because Santa is a culmination of mythological legends and stories.
With us or against us?
News, Postbag, Published on 11/12/2015
» Re: “Hypocrisy in the West,” (PostBag, Dec 8).
Lessons for Thailand
News, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2015
» Re “Euphoria greets climate deal”, (BP, Dec 14).
Media plays villain
News, Postbag, Published on 14/12/2015
» Re: "Playing the Trump card in our backyard" (Opinion, Dec 12).
The wrong thrust
News, Postbag, Published on 18/12/2015
» Re: “Apples and oranges”, (PostBag, Dec 17). I feel that Clara Holzer has completely misunderstood and is giving an incorrect interpretation of the thrust of my comments.
Apples and oranges
News, Postbag, Published on 17/12/2015
» I beg to differ with David Proulx (PostBag, Dec 16) regarding the similarity between American whistleblowers and Pol Maj Gen Paween Pongsirin.
Slaves to irrationality
News, Postbag, Published on 22/12/2015
» Despite our technological progress, all too often we humans remain slaves to irrationality, prone to be led by gut feelings rather than facts, fearing and mistrusting what we do not understand. The popular reaction to genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) seems a prime example of these tendencies. In Michael Setter’s recent goldmine of non-sequiturs on this topic, I was particularly taken by the following example: