JoeAm in JoeAm

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on November 22, 2017 · 114 Comments 

By Wilfredo G. Villanueva Not all bloggers in the Philippines are uncouth, quarrelsome, with a personality only a mother could love—bearers of fake news. His name was mentioned in former President Benigno S. Aquino’s last State of the Nation Address in July 27, last year. Recall the President’s words: “To those like Joe America, a blogger … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, USA/Americans

Dick Malay: The Rebel Finds Love

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on November 6, 2017 · 94 Comments 

By Wilfredo G. Villanueva (First of Two Parts) (A dramatization based on a true story: Stones began raining on Sonny and the rest of the American kids as they were playing in JUSMAG—Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group—compound in Quezon City beside West Avenue in the summer of ‘52. They looked where the stones were coming … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Family/Parenting/Children, Philippine Government

Open discussion: Who, really, is the Filipino, today?

Posted by JoeAm on October 30, 2017 · 279 Comments 

By Joe America The first open discussion thread is getting long. We will leave that one for the lengthier comments that are collecting there to open this new one. I’ll again offer a suggested topic, but it is only a suggestion and is indeed a difficult subject, at least for me. I very much dislike … Continue reading →

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

To touch a dream

Posted by JoeAm on October 23, 2017 · 135 Comments 

By Joe America It is easy to get caught up in the negativity of a government of the crass, by the crass, and for the crass. Mean-spirited men and women haunt the hallowed halls of government and our public space every day, offending our sense of decency and fairness. There is a way out. I … Continue reading →

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

The Moral Landscape: Part 1 – The Three Primary Virtues

Posted by edgar lores on October 6, 2017 · 223 Comments 

By Edgar Lores Introduction The moral landscape is a wasteland. Whether in the cities or in the country, there are no green trees of rectitude, no flowering plants of virtues, no unbroken fences of decency. Once there was a pale fence that demarcated the line between what is right and what is wrong. But that … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education, Laws and Ethics