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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JoeAmThe Bee Fleet
I scrapped a blog by the same title. Sometimes warmongering gets a little old, a little tired. So let’s look at this as an economic initiative instead, eh? Why should the Philippines spend hundreds of millions of United States dollars buying a few huge ships that can, after all, only patrol a few places among … Continue reading
The Left Is Out To Lunch
The Humpty Dumpty New World Dictionary provides us with the following definitions: Left. (noun) That branch of politics that thinks government ought to take care of the people broadly as a top priority. Right. (noun) That branch of politics that thinks the people benefit broadly if government allows capitalism to work with little restraint. Note … Continue reading
The Philippines: Tiger or Stuffed Kitty?
The Philippines is fascinating, a nation with well-developed democratic institutions but underdeveloped democratic principles, a nation of broad economic reach and almost no economic depth, a nation of foul-weather patriots who rip money from the civic coffers and fair-weather patriots who tie their soul to the fists of a boxer and lash out with indignant … Continue reading
The Philippines: A Nation Divided
The Philippines is without a doubt a nation divided. It has always been that way. The notion that it is one land is a recent ideal and it has not spread to everyone. The natural histories of the land are diverse. Native tribes were, and to some extent still are, scattered everywhere, speaking 114 different … Continue reading
Agribusiness Wrap-Up
This is the third and final article in a series about Philippine agriculture. The first article provided an overview of agriculture and government institutions and practices. It characterized agribusiness as “dead in the water” because of the inefficiency of small farms and the general ineffectiveness of cooperatives. It also recognized that government funding of agribusiness is … Continue reading
