Alien Thoughts
17 Apr 2009
Instant charges have been laid against the UDD leadership (whereas the PAD leaders have suffered months of torment waiting to know what they will be chargedwith) and some of them are being held without bail (whereas the PAD leaders have the worry of having to walk about in public places not knowing what dangers lurk out there).
10 Apr 2009
First, a disclaimer. Our young, good-looking, English-educated Prime Minister has a Masters Degree in economics from Oxford, whereas your columnist, er, … well, I’m English-educated.
4 Apr 2009
An unconfirmed April 1st report in Matichon says that foreigners in Thailand must seek prior permission from the Ministry of Culture if they intend to post material on a website while they are in Thailand. This new regulation also covers contributions to an internet forum or blog.
27 Mar 2009
HIV/AIDS organizations around the world have reacted with predictable outrage and incredulity at the Pope’s latest comments on the use of condoms as a way of preventing HIV infections.
20 Mar 2009
The endlessly repeated question put by the media to the captains of industry, business leaders and government economic ministers is ‘When will the current global economic crisis end?’
13 Mar 2009
Another year passes. 5 years on and Somchai Neelapaichit remains disappeared. Another round of commemorations and calls for resolution, for justice, for an end to impunity. This law should be changed; this treaty should be ratified; these gross errors and defects in the investigation process should be put right.
6 Mar 2009
A decision by the Administrative Court that found that the Ministry of Industry acted ‘unlawfully’ has sent shivers down the backs of a number of other Ministries.
27 Feb 2009
An inadvertent slip by a middle-ranking member of the new Obama administration may throw the US economy into a tailspin.
20 Feb 2009
The reasonably well-informed and observant visitor to Thailand will need about 10 minutes to stumble across one of its paradoxes.
13 Feb 2009
You have to give it to the lads of Internal Security Operations Command. When it comes to sniffing out reds under the bed, they have few equals.
6 Feb 2009
My first rude awakening of this year came very early. I had no sooner nodded off after the last rude awakening of 2008 (the fireworks, the ship’s horns blaring from the port, and all the other noisy New Year palaver), when a smell of burning wafted over the house.
30 Jan 2009
Hats off to Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Government Paranoid Suthep Thaugsuban for boldly revealing what we have suspected for so long.