The what and how of doing things
Posted by giancarloangulo on August 23, 2022 · 267 Comments
Analysis and Opinion By JoeAm The Philippines is putting together a 5.2 trillion peso budget for next year. Money is allocated here and there with education being the biggest chunk. Few would argue that improvement in education is sorely needed. That is the what of things. But how is the money to be spent? On … Continue reading →
The Power of the Pink Pyramid
Posted by giancarloangulo on August 5, 2022 · 164 Comments
Analysis and Opinion By JoeAm It strikes me that people over the age of 30 operate under two mistaken ideas. One is that information gets passed around the same as it did 15 years ago when newspapers were profitable and Tic Toc wasn’t even a glint in someone’s mind, and, second, that what we are … Continue reading →
How to build a nation when Earth is the enemy
Posted by giancarloangulo on April 25, 2022 · 230 Comments
Analysis and Opinion By JoeAm The Philippines is notoriously reactive. I’m sometimes skeptical about whether the future tense is even taught in school. Nor is history, evidently, looking at the list of Presidential candidates. Filipinos live in the “now” I guess. I think that’s not the best idea. Earth has about had it with over-populating, … Continue reading →
The Philippine Church of Moral Courage
Posted by giancarloangulo on April 11, 2022 · 50 Comments
Analysis and Opinion By JoeAm I’m going to charter a new church in the Philippines. The ones now are doing a lousy job. They are more gangs than places where people enter broken and leave empowered to do good. One is a horrible abuser of young girls, another is a set of robots whose free … Continue reading →
Category Crime/Corruption, Culture and Arts, Education, Religion, Technology/Internet
Living a Lie
Posted by giancarloangulo on March 2, 2022 · 244 Comments
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America We all live a lie, using crutches to keep us anchored and prevent us from going crazy in the unpredictability, risk, and stresses of events we cannot control. My pen name, Joe America, is a lie that keeps my family safe and readers guessing. The idealized America that I’ve … Continue reading →