Jun 26, 2007
Cooped up Paris will lead chickens to salvation
Save the chickens! Paris Hilton will deliver them from evil! Those crazy folks from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have written to Paris Hilton asking her to become the new face for chickens’ rights. Apparently Paris’ time behind bars is comparable to that of chickens spending their time in coops. I guess there are some similarities. Now …
Jun 25, 2007
Confessions of Thailand's not so invisible boy
You think you’re invisible, that nobody notices you, that you just blend in with everyone else. But you’re not; you never are. Being a foreigner in Thailand, people see you, they observe they watch they ponder. You’re in their country; why wouldn’t they notice you? You stand out like a cat among dogs. The way Thais view foreigners on a …
Jun 25, 2007
BBC journalist Alan Johnston's fate hangs in the balance
This really is a grim piece of news that instills little optimism. From today’s Bangkok Post: A new video of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston shows him wearing an explosives vest and warning he will be blown up if Hamas continues to surround the area where he is being held, the US-based Intel Center said Sunday in an e-mail to …
Jun 24, 2007
Don't The Nation's columnists have anything else to write about?
You can’t pick up a copy of The Nation without reading a column about Thaksin. It’s like an unwritten rule that if there is nothing else to write about then columnists should revert back to taking a pop at Thailand’s ousted premier. On Saturday Veenarat Laohapakakul opened with this: So the deposed prime minister of Thailand finally opted for an …