Now accepting nominations! Category: Best theme song for Philippine governance

Posted by JoeAm on July 20, 2016 · 132 Comments 

w Philippine Music Awards! w Now accepting nominations! Category: Best theme song for Philippine governance First nominee, “Gentle Murders” by Rage     Gentle Murders Artist: Rage Album: Carved In Stone Genre: Rock Dirty is the road to fame Plastered with unlucky victims Deadly if you get the blame focused on you You can play your … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Entertainment, Philippine Government

Do not go gentle into that good night . . .

Posted by JoeAm on July 14, 2016 · 217 Comments 

w By Lance Corporal X This article was also based on a throw-away comment I made in response to Sec. Yasay’s insensitive comment hinting at detente with China on the issue of the South China Sea, in which I mentioned that man-made (in China) islands are entirely moot when viewed in context of sea level rise. … Continue reading →

Category China, Culture and Arts, Ecology/Global Warming, Education, Technology/Internet

Judgmental Disability

Posted by edgar lores on July 3, 2016 · 303 Comments 

w By Edgar Lores I made a throwaway comment on the judgmental disability of Filipinos, and JoeAm suggested why don’t I write about it? And so I have . . . My comment was prompted by @Juana Pilipinas’ statement that she was a “tad skeptical about Filipinos’ decision-making ability.” The entirety of my response was: “Tad? … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education

The battle for decency and dignity in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on June 5, 2016 · 190 Comments 

We are seeing in the Philippines a trend that is universal, the movement of large groups of people toward extremism. This appears to be akin to what we see on on social media where easy, uninformed opinions are spouted as if they were clarion calls of virtue and defended to the point of insult or verbal violence. This … Continue reading →

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

There is Love Everywhere

Posted by JoeAm on May 17, 2016 · 103 Comments 

w by Andy Ibay There was this writer maybe he was a poet too who wrote long paragraphs that he wrote pages of just to narrate a chapter of a novel. Someone here could have met his works sometime, somewhere. Below is a wannabe poem written to impress a classmate which re-titled took me some … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Philippine Government