Benigno, the Platform, plez advocate extraordinaire, might have exposed his vacuity as well as his phoney pet project on missing altogether the insights proffered by J_AG at mlq3’s. In his signature punditry, J_AG has posted: The time will come when a more enlightened citizenry will outnumber the smaller vested interests that control the electoral process. [...]
It’s that simple
July 4, 2009 By 118 Comments
While summing up the thesis of World Bank economist Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi in “Rising Growth, Declining Investment: The Puzzle of the Philippines,” Cocoy has tried to explain the puzzle in his own words: The answer according to the same policy paper (of Bocchi) is that while foreign direct investment has fallen since the 1990s, the [...]
The House, the beauty and the beast
June 6, 2009 By 33 Comments
Following the first attempt by the House of Representatives to constitute itself into a Senate-less constituent assembly in December 2006, I posted the following commentary: Since the Spirit of ’86 that had driven Marcos into exile, People Power has ensconced itself as the Great King in the wilderness of Philippine politics. As such, even if [...]
Government by the people
May 8, 2009 By 8 Comments
(This rather lengthy commentary is a bit dated; it’s being crossposted and shared with FV only because it’s deemed quite relevant to the ramblings that Manny Pacquiao, the world’s most famous boxer today, is again getting ready to rumble in Philippine politics.) “Why (do) movie actors get elected” by the “average Filipino voters”? Prof. Randy [...]
CA decision in PP v. L/Cpl. Daniel Smith: a case of plagiarism?
May 5, 2009 By 30 Comments
I find this Wikipedia entry about plagiarism interesting: Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the “use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.” Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty [...]
Manny will stop Hatton in 6
May 2, 2009 By 19 Comments
Pacquiao will stop Hatton within the first half of the fight. Contrary to what many boxing enthusiasts may be expecting, I do not see Ricky Hatton using his strength and size and goin’ smokin’ in the early stage of the fight. If Hatton’s corner has no respect for the smaller guy’s punching power, then the [...]
Presumption of uninnocence
May 1, 2009 By 87 Comments
The image above is the interior of a Starex van where, according to the three-woman panel of a special division of the Court of Appeals, US Marine Daniel Smith and Nicole (a fictitious name for privacy protection) consummated their “unplanned, spontaneous romantic episode” having been “carried away by their passions and stirred up by the [...]
The political economy of servanthood
April 11, 2009 By 16 Comments
He said: “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.” – Luke 21:3-4 “The old Washington Consensus is over.” The declaration which was made by U.K. Prime Minister [...]
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