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The charter's devil is in its fuzzy details
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 15/02/2016
» When we read the almost-finalised draft charter, do we see the leaves, the tree, or the forest?
Lee and his Lion City party ready to roar
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 13/06/2015
» As the saying goes, the numbers do not lie. But if you ask Singapore’s prime minister, they may not tell you the whole story.
Kicking up a stink puts new charter at risk
Oped, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/04/2015
» A fascinating quote popped up last week that sums up the state of health, and is perhaps a foreboding of the fate, of the country's mother of all rule books — the constitution.
This time, the putsch can bring change
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 11/06/2014
» If we think the coup-masters usurping power is such a pain in the neck, we only have ourselves to blame.
Myopic PDRC leaves future uncertain
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 17/04/2014
» A lot of us have managed to stay sane throughout the Songkran festival. But the political fires that were raging well before the holidays couldn’t be doused with a splash of water.
Decree risks a reality check for the govt
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/01/2014
» The government has laid down its trump card; the emergency decree, which, ironically, has exposed its weakness.
Fanning the flames of segregation
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 28/02/2014
» Never before have we had a caretaker government so embattled, leaving the country so rudderless.
Rice wealth fantasy turns to nightmare
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 06/03/2014
» The populist politics of the rice-pledging scheme has kept many of us poor and made us immature. Yet, it has the immense power to lure.
Our system is a democracy of lesser evils
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 20/12/2013
» A friend of mine who is not so fond of Suthep Thaugsuban has chastised the former Democrat Party strongman for having successfully raised an army of supporters to give the Pheu Thai Party a run for its money.
When water rises, you need nerves of steel
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 11/10/2013
» The wet season is upon us once again and with it comes a test of nerve. Around this time two years ago, Bangkok was helplessly complacent. Quite a few of us thought the water from the North that had swallowed the Central Plains, one province after another, would somehow be diverted away from us.