Philippine social media commentary is smarter than 20 years ago, and dirtier

Posted by JoeAm on August 14, 2025 · 102 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America When I first came to the Philippines 20 years ago, engaging with others was done on blogging platforms: Riassa Robles, Ellen Tordesillas, Momblogger, Anti-Pinoy, Filipino Voices. They were popular. There was some splintering with Get Real Post and The Society of Honor breaking off from Filipino Voices. Verafiles, the … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Literature, Philippine Politics, Technology/Internet

President Aquino rises as reason collapses

Posted by JoeAm on July 31, 2025 · 95 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America President Noynoy Aquino and US President Barack Obama are rising icons of virtue as the intelligent world collapses in a dirtstream of nonsense and shitwork. Both men ran well-reasoned, principled governments later torn down by corrupt lying gamers. Obama got Trump, Aquino got Duterte and his droppings, most recently … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Humor/Satire, Laws and Ethics, Literature, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Gospel music, poetry, and computers

Posted by JoeAm on May 26, 2025 · 139 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America What is to become of our souls when AI has dried everything up and rendered our world oddly empty, full of data yet so so dead? Can you imagine? Readers are dying off. Now we have gamers and oglers, people peering into video windows that others open by sensationalizing … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Humor/Satire, Literature, Religion, Technology/Internet

How does one reach young adults these days?

Posted by JoeAm on May 19, 2025 · 91 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I’d guess most of my thousands of followers on Facebook and X are in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. They are old school readers. I don’t know how to reach young people. My impression is they are into video rather than reading and writing. I ask google and get: … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Education, Entertainment, Family/Parenting/Children, Humor/Satire, Literature, Technology/Internet

The Future of the Society of Honor

Posted by JoeAm on March 6, 2025 · 45 Comments 

By Joe America Those who read or comment here now and then recognize that The Society of Honor no longer gets the thousands of reads and active commentary that it once had. Times change, and with them, reading habits. I’m inclined to observe occasionally, “life’s a path, not a destination”. A few or us continue … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Education, Entertainment, Humor/Satire, Literature, Technology/Internet