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  • OPINION

    Making waves, staying safe

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 09/12/2015

    » In this era of mobile phone communication, the debate on the dangers of mobile devices has been going on for a long time. People never cease to have different opinions when it comes to discussing this issue.

  • OPINION

    Terrorists keep  one step ahead of dithering social media outlets

    News, Published on 09/12/2015

    » In the hours after 14 people were killed in San Bernardino, California, a familiar voice celebrated the attacks on Twitter: "California, we have already arrived with our soldiers. Decide how to be your end, with knife or bomb."

  • OPINION

    Zuckerberg's charity bid an age-old theme

    News, Published on 09/12/2015

    » When steel magnate Andrew Carnegie tried to get Pennsylvania towns to build public libraries in the 1890s by offering them matching funds, 20 of the 46 local governments he approached turned him down. When John D Rockefeller Sr asked Congress to grant a federal charter for his proposed Rockefeller Foundation in 1910, then Attorney General George W Wickersham denounced it as "an indefinite scheme for perpetuating vast wealth" that was "entirely inconsistent with the public interest". In 1925, the regents of the University of Wisconsin voted to reject all contributions from private foundations.

  • OPINION

    What should Asia aim for in Paris?

    News, Published on 09/12/2015

    » This week global leaders convene in Paris for the UN Climate Conference (COP 21) to strike a deal on climate change, their fourth attempt in the past 20 years to curb potentially catastrophic global warming.

  • OPINION

    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.

  • OPINION

    Sanity absent in terror hunt

    News, Editorial, Published on 09/12/2015

    » Last week's revelation from Russian authorities of a terror threat to Thailand has the potential to get totally out of hand. The government has failed to show real backbone on this issue while police went off on a wild and unhelpful tangent.

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