The cancer infesting civilization, and the healing medication

Posted by The Society of Honor on February 15, 2019 · 69 Comments 

By JoeAm Echoes of the mind . . . Please excuse my belaboring this point. I don’t like the way the entire world is descending into abusive and illogical reasoning. We need to do better. The world is growing dumber, as a point of fact. It is growing angrier and less capable of the kinds … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Education

The holy curse of bankers

Posted by chemrock on February 4, 2019 · 65 Comments 

By Chemrock Shylock, the Jewish moneylender, demanded a pound of flesh from his debtor who could not repay a loan. With that, Shakespeare condemned a moniker on the Jewish community for posterity. Few are those who bother to contextualize what they read or hear. In ancient days when Jews were dispersed all over Europe, they … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Economy, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Religion

Editorial rules for participating in discussions at The Society of Honor

Posted by The Society of Honor on January 21, 2019 · 15 Comments 

By JoeAm We have observed a worldwide deterioration in the quality of information and debate as fake news, lies, manipulations, fallacious argument, trolling, and ignorance have been injected into information streams. Going along with that is a general dumbing down of people’s intellectual capacities, shoddy journalistic practices (biased, shallow, and sensationalized reporting), and a shortening … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Education

Tragedy of denial in the Philippines

Posted by The Society of Honor on January 18, 2019 · 36 Comments 

By JoeAm I hope you had the opportunity to read Chemrock’s article entitled Tragedy of the Commons in the Philippines. It gets right to the heart of the personal and social malaise that infests the country leading to bad behaviors, bad decisions, and bad results. Poverty is the worst of the outputs. State-sanctioned murder is … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education, Philippine Government

Tragedy of the Commons in the Philippines

Posted by chemrock on January 16, 2019 · 77 Comments 

By Chemrock Juan has a few cows which graze daily in the small field outside the village, together with scores of other cows that belong to fellow villagers. He makes a decent living from milk production. An opportunity came for Juan to double his herd. He knows nothing about optimum herd size, but he has … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Economy, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, Uncategorized