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In the Neighborhood of ‘Suspects’: a closer look at what could be the New Inquisition

Imagine an ordinary day. You drag yourself dutifully out of bed towards the nearest light rail station, hoping to get to your destination not a minute longer than expected. You force your way into the throng thinking what could be the worst thing...

My State of the Nation Address

Since I can remember, I have always equated the fight for our rights and freedoms with hope. For what use would struggling for our freedoms have if hope leaves much to be desired? If pessimism and cynicism had taken root and all we...

Of Patsies, Pushovers, and Puppets

July 2018, Helsinki. U.S. President Donald Trump met with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin in what is deemed by former Central Intelligence Chief John Brennan as “nothing short of treasonous”. Trump denied U.S. Intelligence claims that Russia had a hand in the 2016 U.S....

New charter: as old as tyranny itself

We believe that any unnecessary interference with the public will is not merely a tyranny but a folly Undue legal interference goes even further with its folly than this, since, by denying to a free people so large an amount of their...

The four faces of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte

In front of  the nation on his third year, what face will  President Rody Duterte present come July 23? So far, the President has exhibited four faces in the past two years. The Romans have the two-faced statue of Janus, but Duterte, a Filipino, has...

The danger of illusions

As I write this, the Consultative Committee has unanimously approved the draft of the new Charter allowing Federalism “without any objection” (based on a 03 July report by Mike Navallo of ABS-CBN News). The 22-member ConCom is headed by former Chief Justice Reynato...

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Dunce Macabre: Living in the Age of the Ignoramus

Dunce. Noun. An individual slow at learning. A stupid person. Reminds me of this cartoonish image of a boy, at once presumed disobedient or lacking...

‘It feels like 1972 again’

I remember the political and social landscape of the time all too well. The previous months saw an increasingly restless activism take on line after...

A little lesson in journalistic accuracy

In journalism, there are two ways—and these must be achieved simultaneously—to guarantee accuracy. First, go hot on the trail of the facts, thereby securing backdrop,...

A world without Gabo

Outside of the commonplace sexual trysts penned by Anaïs Nin and the gothic thrillers of Carlos Ruiz Zafón, I practically weaned myself on the...