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  • OPINION

    Lamentable censorship

    News, Published on 18/03/2013

    » The broadcaster Thai PBS has taken a nasty fall, and is suffering deep injuries that may linger for a long time. Last Friday, even as technicians prepared to air the fifth part of a discussion on the monarchy on Tob Jote Thailand, station executives decided that self-censorship was a better part of valour than discretion. They moved the "Thai Monarchy Under the Constitution" topic to the rubbish bin and put on safe, unstimulating, uninteresting pap in its place.

  • OPINION

    Postbag: Divided temple

    News, Published on 18/03/2013

    » Re: ''Abbot's bid to claim school plot draws fire'' (BP, March 15). This is yet another example of one man's greed. In this case, it is the abbot of Wat Srieam in question.

  • OPINION

    First step in a long and difficult journey

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/03/2013

    » Despite all the criticism of the historic signing of the agreement to launch peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist organisation on Feb 28 in Kuala Lumpur, the Pheu Thai-led government appears to have won popular support and, as such, scored political points for the initiative.

  • OPINION

    Journalists must re-examine their own prejudices

    News, Published on 18/03/2013

    » When we, the mass media, are at work, we must constantly find ways to prevent editorial interference from the state and the industry. But there is one far more dangerous interference which the mass media do not like to talk about. This meddling does not come from the government or the industry. This most dangerous interference in the media profession is our own prejudices, particularly political prejudice.

  • OPINION

    Facebook COO targets 'good, old-fashioned' sexism

    News, Published on 18/03/2013

    » 'Man is defined as a human being and woman is defined as a female. Whenever she tries to behave as a human being she is accused of trying to emulate the male.'' That observation by Simone de Beauvoir helped to inspire the feminist revolution after World War II. Two generations later, Sheryl Sandberg has written a book, ''Lean In'', arguing it is still the case today.

  • OPINION

    Rural health services face real threat

    News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 18/03/2013

    » A sickness is pervading the Public Health Ministry. However, it is not exactly in a coma and there are signs indicating a recovery. But the extent of the malaise was underlined last Wednesday.

  • OPINION

    A great and powerful world close to home

    Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 18/03/2013

    » The beautiful thing about this column is that I never know what I'm going to write about until I actually sit down in front of the computer and see a blank screen. Then my mind is automatically kick-started into reviewing all the things I read, heard and saw over the past week, like your life passing before your eyes _ or what I can remember of it, at least.

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