Can Risa Hontiveros build a peoples’ coalition?

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Senator Hontiveros will be leaving the Senate this year at the end of her second term. She is impeccably and uniquely qualified to build a unified peoples’ coalition. She is respected by the left, the right, and everybody but criminals, dynasts, and China’s spies. She almost single-handedly revealed the … Continue reading

What does the Philippines dream of?

This is not about the Philippine dream, which probably doesn’t exist, even as the Philippines certainly dreams of many things, and one good way to see those dreams is through the stories that Filipinos like best. In the Philippines, a lot is felt more than thought. Intellectuals and reformist politicians often aren’t in touch with … Continue reading

We need Filipino intellectuals

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The “We” in that headline points at two distinct collectives. The Society of Honor has declined in readership due to four circumstances: The blog is more influential as a source of insight and direction if more people read and carry the ideas off elsewhere. That certainly is not necessary … Continue reading

How to be smarter than other people

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America We are smarter than some, not as smart as others. In today’s environment we have special challenges. Bullies define smart as power, the ability to make others squirm or give up. Muscle smarts. Well, I personally think that is not actually smart because it casts pain upon others, it … Continue reading

Social media, the disease, and we, the diseased

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I wrote the other day that social media is a disease and we are all sick. It is a global pandemic that is so severe that people don’t know they are sick. In the old days, prior to about 1985, we had three main inputs to our brains. What … Continue reading