The fight over sex education in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on May 8, 2025 · 111 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Filipinos are fighting over sex education. Teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease are problems in the Philippines. Conservative Catholics are horrified that anyone other than parents or priests might be talking about sex with kids. They are making up lies about a bill sponsored by Senator Hontiveros aimed at … Continue reading →

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

Fast-tracking intelligence in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on May 5, 2025 · 82 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is structurally opposed to intelligence. Schools are strapped for classrooms, quality teachers, quality courses, computers, and motivated students. Parents are stressed and not very helpful. Reading is a dying skill. Math is arithmetic. And even young adults cannot look see vote for quality leaders. Intelligence in the … Continue reading →

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

“One small step for Filipinos”

Posted by JoeAm on May 1, 2025 · 114 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Recent discussions here at the blog cite the reality that the Philippine governmental process, and citizen reactions to it, range from dysfunctional to toxic. It is such a mess that it cannot be “cured” by simple masterstrokes. It is also true that things work better here than in the … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

AI is brilliant, people, not so much

Posted by JoeAm on April 21, 2025 · 53 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I’ve moved past trusting, past skeptical, past cynical, all the way to unbelieving in my engagements on social media. People deliver so much crap, most of it founded on beliefs that range from ill-informed to outrageously self-justifying, and far removed from facts. That’s the difference between people and AI. … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, China, Culture and Arts, Education, Technology/Internet

Are you a lover, a hater, or a teacher?

Posted by JoeAm on April 10, 2025 · 96 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Social media are undermining civility and sense. We are there, so we are parties to the creation of the data dirtstreams that give us nonsense instead of solutions. My interactions with people on X, Facebook, Blue Sky, and this blog make clear that there are three types of people … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet