Twitter as a source of real information

Posted by JoeAm on July 26, 2019 · 40 Comments 

By JoeAm I’ve found that my best source of information is Twitter. I had not expected this when I first signed on a few years ago. But it is not just a chit-chat medium. First of all, there is a lot of information flying around in our news universe, some trustworthy, much not. I can’t … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Education, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

The three burdens we leave to our youth

Posted by JoeAm on July 22, 2019 · 101 Comments 

By JoeAm Adults of today are losers. They are leaving the kids of today three huge burdens: Global warming Poisoned discourse Dysfunctional government (Philippines, US, UK, etc) None of these burdens will be cured by the next president. Or the next. They are built into our way of life. Global warming Disasters are coming. Heat, … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Philippine Government

Slip sliding away: the Duterte Administration as a naked banana

Posted by JoeAm on July 15, 2019 · 116 Comments 

By JoeAm “You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away…” Slip slidin’ away. Paul Simon wrote this classic. It’s about giving up, about seeing your passions erode when faced with the hard realities of life. He gives three examples within the lyrics. The song might be a right proper anthem to … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Of Chinese, racism, and smiling

Posted by JoeAm on July 3, 2019 · 171 Comments 

By JoeAm I was sitting in the restaurant. Four Chinese women in their early thirties, I would guess, came in and asked the Filipina waitress for guidance on the menu. These were not the loud, overbearing Chinese who sat next to us at the Waterfront Casino buffet the last time we were in Cebu. “Those … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Bully Boys in the West Pacific

Posted by JoeAm on July 1, 2019 · 47 Comments 

By JoeAm Democracy is an idealized form of government that has proved hard to manage because most ‘leaders’ are inept or crooked. Dictatorships or other forms of authoritarian rule are better understood by people who are not educated or who are lazy, crooked, or brutal themselves. They can’t conceptualize freedom and link it to inspiration. … Continue reading →

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