EDITORIAL No alternative to a peaceful solution
Prolonged political conflict may be frustrating, but violence to break the deadlock must be avoided at all costs
HARD TALK Thaksin has passed the point of no return
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has lost his best chance to stop the country from sliding towards a potentially explosive confrontation. Instead of using last Friday's rally at Sanam Luang to reach out to his opponents and acknowledge widely shared grievances against him, Thaksin turned it into another shoot-from-the-hip stage show to hit back at everyone who is opposed to him.
ARUN'S VIEW Some political fish tales
Sometimes, being a journalist is like going out on a trawler, fishing for information and ideas to make sense of what is going on.