On and off screen, seismic shifts have radically altered the cultural landscape. “The sun comes up and the world still spins.

The hand-wringing over nominee ownership structures and foreign stakes in Thai companies misses a broader truth: bad laws are made to be broken -- or at least bent.

The House on Friday voted, 78-29, to pass a $5 billion tax relief package, with most of the opposition involving changes to the collection of tourist development dollars.