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Why I am still Catholic

“They hid it all.” It says so right there, on page seven, of the redacted report of a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation into the sexual abuse of minors committed by priests and systematically concealed by the Catholic Church over a period of 70 years. ...

WW II Aftermath: One man’s tale of Japan’s surrender and rise (2nd of two parts)

On September 2, 1945, World War II ended when representatives from the major countries involved in that great conflict witnessed Japanese officials formally signing the document signifying the Japanese acceptance of unconditional surrender. This took place on the deck of the American battleship...

Two tales from World War II: The fall and rise of Japan (First of 2 parts)

On August 15, 1945, the Japanese people heard their Emperor Hirohito’s voice for the first time in a radio broadcast. The Emperor announced to his people of Imperial Japan’s unconditional surrender. An English translation of the Emperor’s surrender speech was published by the Nippon...

We should be dancing, yeah

Now that a week’s worth of news cycles has passed, the matter of Mocha Uson’s federalism-inspired choreography can be discussed rationally. At least that is my hope, because that is what the subject begs—a rational discussion. Therein, however, lies the problem.  Federalism, as...

In celebration of the children of solitude

*Inspired by a piece written by Donald Hall in the New Yorker magazine titled “Between Solitude and Loneliness” Some look at a tree and see a harvest of fruits. I once stared at a dead mabolo, in the middle of the night, and saw...

The talk

W­hat am I doing wrong? In a few weeks, I will be turning 51 and have been conversing with God nightly for almost as long. Nightly prayers are a habit drilled into me and my brother and sister by our grandparents; at first, were...

Random Pickings

Poetry: a new global force for good

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s World Poetry Day this 21st March, the Czech Embassy Manila champions poetry as a much-needed force...

The era of ill feelings

Cursed the office of Chief Justice is. This assertion is a piece of recently hard-won wisdom, which should explain why I am inverting syntax...

Three boobs and a candidate

Ethel Booba, that funny girl, should not sell herself short the way I did. To clarify, I did not sell myself short—I sold her...

Love locks, tokhang, and Rosario at Baclaran

He cradled his son with his right arm, while he wrapped his left fist around a sledgehammer. The grilles surrounding them were full of...