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

The Philippines is healthy, not hopeless and not helpless

Posted by JoeAm on April 7, 2025 · 16 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines is a power-based democracy, by which I mean it is fundamentally democratic but with a strong layer of entitlement and impunity the higher one gets in its various dynastic bubbles. The top dynasts these days are the Marcos and Duterte dynasties. Interestingly, Duterte used his presidency to … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Culture and Arts, Economy, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

Proposed: The Maria Ressa Social Media Ethics Board of the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on March 31, 2025 · 110 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Bloggers and individuals on social media have no ethical standards by which to operate, and no monitoring agency other than the Legislature and a Cybercrime Law that was concocted by thin-skinned politicians to suppress criticism that demeaned them. The House has recently done fine work to reveal and rein … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

President Marcos is a peaceful man

Posted by JoeAm on March 27, 2025 · 147 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America It is easy to criticize presidents. They never do things 100% the way we would. That is a given. So in assessing a president’s performance, one must accept imperfections and calculate, using the well-being of all Filipinos, does the president build or destroy? And if he builds, does he … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

The Philippines should make China squirm

Posted by JoeAm on March 24, 2025 · 76 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Many Filipinos worry about AFP’s weakness when thinking about China’s abusive and intrusive behaviors in the West Philippine Sea (the Philippines’ lawful EEZ west of the mainland). Former President Duterte said the Philippines could not win a war with China and he did not want to see Filipinos die … Continue reading →

Category China, Crime/Corruption, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government