Crafting a Grown-Up’s Policy with China

Posted by JoeAm on May 20, 2021 · 257 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America This article is completely hypothetical, in the interest of promoting further discussion. China forces other nations into a parent-child relationship in which China is the parent and the child is dealt with severely if he gets out of order. The Philippines under President Duterte is very much the child, … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Yellows, Teddyboy Locsin, and a guy named Fer

Posted by JoeAm on May 10, 2021 · 77 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America This is an article about intellectual discipline. I’d like to talk about a reader’s comment on Facebook that a lot of people think I handled badly. That will lead to a discussion of some length, because, well, y’all need the full context. A Guy Named Fer Last week, I … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

The tipping of the Philippines to China

Posted by JoeAm on April 16, 2021 · 182 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is tipping to China. I can feel it in my bones, or see it in the tea leaves, or divine it from the conjunction of the planets. The discovery of about 200 ships at Whitson (Julian Felipe) Reef was a marker in the water, a statement by … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, USA/Americans

China is peeling the Philippines like a ripe banana

Posted by JoeAm on April 2, 2021 · 124 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The announcement of the presence of 200 Chinese boats on Whitson (Julian Felipe) Reef shocked the Philippines. The armada was like China jabbing President Duterte in the eye with a stick. All of his warmth toward China was laid bare as fraudulent, a one-way ticket. All in favor of … Continue reading →

Category China, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Was the ABS-CBN hijacking a tipping point for decency?

Posted by JoeAm on July 20, 2020 · 20 Comments 

Opinion By Joe America I call the ABS-CBN licensing case a hijacking because the company, from all indications . . .  including regulatory reports . . . is a decent company that managed to anger the President by not running some of his campaign ads. So as Chief Justice Sereno was hijacked before, and Senator … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans