How to detect nonsense in your daily reading

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I was amusing myself on Twitter the other day engaging with a US resident who criticized the Philippines in response to my post that jabbed at the craziness going on in the US these days. He was trolling me, I was trolling him, then out of my head rolled … Continue reading

How Filipinos botch competency

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America As the father of a teenage son, I have to find ways to explain the fundamentals of life to him in ways that are short and memorable. Lately I’ve been explaining the basics of competency to him because he often displays the opposite, lol. A whole lot of Filipinos … Continue reading

What’s your social media IQ?

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Social media is the arena into which you walk and you are suddenly accosted by peddlers, hawkers, snake-oil salesmen, politicians, influencers, advertisers, spies, magicians, and thieves. The scientists, professors, and fact dispensers are somewhere out in the hallway down by the popcorn stand chewing their nicely salted and buttered … Continue reading

Liberal is not a political ideology

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is in such political turmoil that it’s hard to write into it. I had to scrap a blog that would make no sense if Senator Sotto is not able to hold the Senate in the hands of the honest. So this article is impromptu, for discussion until … Continue reading

The Philippines is no longer chopped liver

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is alive and well, front and center, gaining traction, and lookin’ good. The Philippines is no longer chopped liver. “Um, hey Gemini, explain that idiom.” With much of the world in turmoil and generating hate, the Philippines is moving away from hate to sense, stability, and peace. … Continue reading