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New World Order: to rob the world blind
One word describes 2018: exhausting.
It was exhausting because of its politics. It was exhausting for its excesses. It was exhausting due to its wanton and gratuitous display of impunity.
The larger perspective offers only cold comfort. The world is teetering toward totalitarian rule. Human...
Dignité Pour Tous
To partake in the body politic of the nation, each national must rise and remain in constant rebellion against himself. — Hannah Arendt, “On Revolution”
France, May 1968. It was the month of the Paris riots. The massive protest actions, which led to a countrywide...
A matter of honor
I believe we, Filipinos, deserve a break. A break from what, you ask? Well, a long break from the status quo. To those uninitiated with the Latin phrase, it means, in a sociological sense, our existing state of affairs, and the values and...
Why I hate Jose Rizal
Some Filipinos hate Jose Rizal. I am one of them.
Reasons vary. For some, Rizal was too much a part of the bourgeoisie to soil his hands with blood and gunpowder. Others stress he was a lackey of the Americans, a “safe” choice for...
Once upon a time in China (ASEAN-China Maritime Exercise 2018 Edition)
Since I started my military career, I have dreamed of being sent abroad on missions. Thinking about the unique experience brought about by the diverse environment, people, and culture, I can only imagine what it would be like when my time comes.
Then one...
Akademyang Filipino: Reenvisioning the Filipino intelligentsia
As early as Sept. 2017, I received an email informing me that I was recommended to be part of a group which was soon to be formed: originally named Academia Filipina. Months went by and I didn’t hear from any of them again....
