Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Juana Pilipinas
Karl Garcia
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JoeAmIraq, the VFA and Senator Santiago
A few years ago when a Filipina named Nicole lived on the front pages of all the newspapers in the Philippines and occupied the lead story in relentless television coverage about her bad night on the town, a great many people attacked the US, its motives and its military manners. Her accused abuser, a young … Continue reading
Wall Street Virus
I see from this morning’s news clippings that the Wall Street protests have gone viral, speeding across the so-called civilized world faster than a cold in a school classroom. I thought for a time it would just go away. But it hasn’t because conditions are ripe for spread. The world’s economic body is ill, run-down, … Continue reading
The Caveman and the Nanotubes
Once upon a time there was a man, a hairy man, who lived in a cave. The location of the cave is not know precisely, but scientists surmise that it was somewhere southeast of Des Moines, Iowa, in the good old US of A. This is known because the cave man’s bones have been found … Continue reading
Free the Philippines!
I am always surprised when some take my writings personally. Perhaps I have been deficient in making clear that I intend to comment on the social integrity of the Philippines, or lack there of. Not the integrity of Filipinos as individuals. There is a distinction between the character of the individual and the character of … Continue reading
Born to Fail
Here it is folks. Wrap your brain around it. The single fundamental line of reasoning as to why the Philippines is no longer the Pearl of the Orient, the Heart of Asia, the Pacific Center of Commerce, a Tourist Eden, the Garden of the Gods. Why it is a corrupt, polluted, underdeveloped, disharmonious place that … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 