Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JoeAmThe limits of tolerance
By Joe America Tolerance is our ability to put up with people and events that are outside our normal course of being. It is a different from ‘acceptance’ in that the people and events are not necessarily welcomed into our lives. We might tolerate bad language in a movie, but would not accept it from … Continue reading
Thinking Conundrums
By Edgar Lores In a previous post, [1] I opined that there were 3 major defects in Filipino thinking: Erroneous reasoning Categorization Scoping By erroneous reasoning, I meant logic and thinking method. By categorization, I meant classifying a problem under the proper domain. By scoping, I meant defining the perimeters of the problem after one … Continue reading
“How do we get out of this mess?”
By Joe America “Joe, as a keen observer of Philippine politics in particular and society in general, in your considered judgment, how do we get out of this mess???” That’s a tweet I received from ‘Martin’ a few days ago. Let me do my best to answer it, as it is perhaps a common question … Continue reading
A Meditative Interview with God for Ash Wednesday
by Wilfredo G. Villanueva He wasn’t surprised to see me. He’s all-knowing after all. But I was. Didn’t know he lived a simple life. His place reminded me of the animal shed where the Son was born, in Bethlehem. But his face. His face shone like the sun, the moon and the stars. That I … Continue reading
The Philippine Mayor
By Joe America President Duterte likes to call himself ‘just a mayor’. He does this to portray himself as a humble man, and to explain his decisions as the kinds of straightforward, no-nonsense, successful choices he has been making for decades. Unfortunately a nation is not a city. It’s laws are not just executional policies. … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 