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
Who is the Center-Right of the Philippines and what do they stand for?
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I received an interesting criticism of my Left/Liberal coalition idea on Twitter. The writer viewed liberals the same way the American MAGAs in the US do, a pox on society, the root of all our troubles. Well, I think that view is pretty much nonsense because liberals essentially represent … Continue reading
Leila de Lima is a rock of integrity
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Most of us wasted a year or more in a kind of flexible confinement during covid. It was called home. Leila de Lima spent seven years of her life being punished for having integrity. She spent it in a small room, writing, reading, reflecting, praying, and feeding stray cats. … Continue reading
We should learn to hate dynastic families, the lords of corruption
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Filipinos broadly are driven by simple, largely emotional, decisions. Duterte is “one of us” and strong, so let’s vote for him. Roxas is a pampered rich kid who didn’t have to struggle like we do, so let’s not vote for him. Or, I have no upside from whoever is … Continue reading
The Philippines is a Catholic nation. Make it official.
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Many nations these days are trying to figure out who they are. Oddly, the Philippines knows, but won’t say so. The Philippines is a Catholic nation. Through and through. You know it every time you climb into a cab and the driver says his quick prayer before taking off. … Continue reading




