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The child in us [Filipinos] lives in a mythic, magical world where we expect a handsome prince to save us at the last minute, or that things will get better with the wave of a magic wand, without any need for us to change. These are words Jim Paredes wrote in his 2007 blog What [...]
The following excerpt and comment have sent me off to a contemplative mood for awhile. The first one from FV’s news department himself, Ding G. Gagelonia: But times have changed. Instead of reporting on the news, it seems, journalists are losing their detachment and are becoming self-obsessed, not unlike the political and social bigwigs they [...]
Now that Speaker Nograles has signaled a call for a debate and a vote, the CBCP has called on its legion of rabid fanatics to punish members of Congress who are supportive of the Reproductive Health Bill. This is to be expected of course, given that our sainted frailes have closed their eyes and ears [...]
Electing someone to public office is like hiring a plumber. You pick one to call relying mainly on an ad (the campaign, so to speak) they place, say, on the Yellow Pages. But then you agree on some form of Statement of Work (the platform) before you give him the green light to proceed. The [...]
It was 1988. Republic Act 6657 better known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 was signed. It aimed for an equitable distribution of land. For landowners, forced to diversify, to sell, did they see it as highway robbery?
Carl, a regular commenter at quezon.ph, rebukes Manolo Quezon (mlq3), the indispensable Pinoy blogger, quite harshly: That’s exactly the problem with Manolo. He is such an apologist for the elite. Manolo belongs to the more liberal and democratic section of the elite, which is more devious because this section of the elite hides behind moral [...]
Within days from announcing his presidential bid, Noynoy has begun to provide us a purview of some of his priorities in rebuilding our democracy, while responding to certain concerns of critics about himself. Consider this report from Inquirer.net supposedly gathered from a phone interview with Noynoy: – “They want me to hear no evil, speak [...]
The bust of Socrates- bald head, fat face and boxer nose – is far from being charismatic the Athenians of his time would adore like a rock star. But he was beloved just the same, the youths of Athens especially, because Socrates was simple, kind and honest. The modesty of this dateless thinker despite the [...]
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