• OPINION

  Lessons from history

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2021

  » Re: "Govt jab management fails to hit home," (Opinion, June 14).

• OPINION

  Power of finance

  News, Postbag, Published on 08/04/2016

  » The Panama Papers leak reinforces the long-held suspicion that it is financial power that is shaping this world.

• OPINION

  Unabated madness

  News, Postbag, Published on 15/04/2016

  » Here in Pattaya, Songkran apparently started on Tuesday on Beach Road but unfortunately it has also started to infect the roads back from the sea. Foreigners are roaming the streets and dominating the bars firing high-powered water guns into the faces of motorcyclists.

• OPINION

  Define 'referendum'

  News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2016

  » Re: "State spies out on prowl for referendum mischief", (BP, April 11).

• OPINION

  Lessons from history

  News, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2016

  » I have just finished reading the third novel in Robert Harris's brilliant trilogy based on the life of Cicero. It's about politicians who struggle to practise and defend democracy, but fail because of the corruptibility and greed of many of them. The politicians are divided, and some favour allowing the all-powerful general, Julius Caesar, to take control of the empire.

• OPINION

  Makes no sense at all

  News, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2016

  » In order to "increase customer satisfaction", a Thai bank, which previously issued debit cards allowing people to withdraw cash at the ATMs of many other banks, has now issued a newer version which only allows withdrawals from the issuing bank.

• OPINION

  Blessing in disguise?

  News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2016

  » With the failure of negotiations with the Chinese government, the junta plans to drastically chop the length of the delayed Thai-Sino high-speed train to just a third of the original plan.

• OPINION

  Prayut losing his cool

  News, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2016

  » Re: "PM says he won't take more jibes" (BP, March 29).

• OPINION

  No adjusting the data

  News, Postbag, Published on 06/04/2016

  » Based on the size and scope of the Panama Papers leak and the fact that it will keep investigators busy for years, it undoubtedly deserves the acronym PPL.

• OPINION

  Liberalise lease laws

  News, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2016

  » An argument often heard in Thailand is that to extend leases or grant ownership rights to foreigners would betray sensitivity to the history of colonisation in Southeast Asia. But Thailand has not been subject to colonisation and is seldom seen to be overly sensitive to its neighbours' problems or transgressions, unless they directly impact the kingdom.

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