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JoeAmWhen the NPA Runs Things Better Than Government
This blog is the full comment submitted by reader David Murphy in response to a blog written by JoeAm. David is new to the Society of Honor, but has injected some interesting observations into the recent discussion threads. He poses a counter-view to JoeAm’s opinion that NPA members are “extortionist gangsters”, and suggests that in … Continue reading
The Napoles Babble
Let me drop off this quick blog because my typewriter this morning just will not shut down. Word from Lorna Kapunan, the attorney for Janet Napoles, is that the alleged centerpoint for grand larceny of taxpayer money intended to help those in need, is that the jailbird Napoles is singing to herself. That is, talking … Continue reading
Rising above Pork: What We Want for the Philippines
Sometimes we get consumed by incidents and lose perspective about the context. Like, we work on the trees and forget there is a forest. Let’s get grounded by rising above some of the incidents going on with regard to the pork scandal. To gain the rise we need, we shall climb into our helium balloon … Continue reading
In Whom Do You Trust?
Do you have a copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk & White? Almost every professional writer who writes in American English has a copy of this gem, calling it by the authors’ names, as in “grab the old Strunk and White, eh?“. It is the bible of writing rules, laying waste to old stuffy … Continue reading
JoeAm Upgrades Judiciary from Substandard to Encouraging
S&P and Moodys’ have nothing on us less economically endowed opinion mongers. We, too, can distill a nation or a department down to one word. And it pleases me immensely to announce an upgrade in the rating for the Philippine Judiciary from “Substandard” to “Encouraging”. Frankly, I’ve been hard on the Judiciary of late. I … Continue reading
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