Gender roles, ethics, and you

Posted by JoeAm on January 10, 2018 · 68 Comments 

By Joe America I have become so Filipinized that I watched the black dressed women at the Golden Globe Awards with some amazement. I felt that we . . . that is, the Philippine people . . . are just soooo, sooo far away from that kind of high-powered, organized righteousness that defends women against … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Every hike has hills or rivers

Posted by JoeAm on December 23, 2017 · 89 Comments 

By Joe America After I retired from banking, I took up hiking. It was a good way to get the poisons of stress and the burdens of responsibility out of my system. There is a trail in the Western United States that runs from Mexico to Canada. It’s 2,659 miles long, beginning in the deserts … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Philippine Politics

Why Filipinos reject freedom

Posted by JoeAm on December 13, 2017 · 105 Comments 

By Joe America Let me step outside the Philippines for a moment, or rather hover above the nation like a drone cam. I’ll look across the landscape and generalize. I admit, these generalizations may not be fair to you or other readers who don’t really fit into my model. I apologize and ask you to … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Family/Parenting/Children

Ang Mga Sampung Mabubuting Kinahinatnan ng Pagka-pangulo ni Rodrigo Duterte

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on December 4, 2017 · 67 Comments 

ni Wilfredo G. Villanueva Ang sasabihin ko sana, Ang Sampung Mga Mabubuting Ginawa ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, pero sabi ng asawa ko, dapat daw yata, Ang Sampung Mga Mabubuting Kinahinatnan ng Pagka-pangulo ni Rodrigo Duterte. Hindi pa raw kasi tapos ang paghusga sa mga gawain ng pangulo, pero ngayon pa lang nababanaagan na o nararamdaman … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Culture and Arts, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Religion

Popularity is a lousy way to run a nation

Posted by JoeAm on December 1, 2017 · 151 Comments 

By Joe America One of the common arguments pro-democracy ‘yellows’ hear from supporters of President Duterte is that his popularity gives him a mandate to lead, and we should follow. Anyone who criticizes the President is being unfair or even unpatriotic. We can see this “popularity” argument is more than just an argument when we … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics