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Mens sana, in corpore sano.
Few Filipino children would know what these words mean, but for good friends Chris Thomas and Quintin Pastrana, it was a call to action.
Quintin says, “Reading saved my life.” Chris says, “Football saved my life.”
Both stories are true. Both...
In excelsis deo
The election of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new Speaker of the House proves that the Philippines is no longer in remission. She is on the last of her three consecutive terms as a member of the House of Representatives representing the second district...
Paedophilia is child rape—period
Remember the time when dystopian novels written by George Orwell and Ray Bradbury—1984 and Fahrenheit 451, respectively—were but fantasy books to be read within the thrill of teenage solitary confinement?
Apparently, the dystopia referred to in these books is the here and now.
True enough,...
The dialectic of violence: When blood stains our condiments
Red in the face. Not because of anger, but her own blood.
The 56-year-old woman in the photo-graph was one of roughly 300 NutriAsia supporters and workers who attended an ecumenical service around noon of July 30, Monday, within company grounds. NutriAsia is located...
Practical theory
Are we ladies protesting too much? The intention was good, but is it fair to damn the Angono police as leading women to somewhere infernal? How good is good advice if it comes unsolicited from men? Before answering, let’s hear what the men...
Much ado over media regulation
Media should not—ever—be regulated by government. That would defeat the democratic principle of a free and independent press, one of the best benchmarks for measuring the strength of a nation and its democracy.
All efforts to regulate the media will be met with a...
