State Sponsored Child Abuse

It is good to see the Philippine Government push social legislation such as the divorce, health and reproduction, and child abuse bills.  It is the sign of a refined sense of caretaking that would appear to reside outside the vision of the Catholic Church. And an awareness that, on occasion, the State must insert itself … Continue reading

USA: The Day of the Jackals

The downgrade of US debt should give hope to Filipinos in a roundabout way. When the most successful economic power of the past two centuries bites the economic dust because it bites itself in the ass, then Filipinos can look at their own political arena and say, quite accurately, our economy may be looking up … Continue reading

The American Dumb Bell

Did your formal education ever lead you into the dark realm of statistics? It is a horrid place to venture, full of monsters and T-tests, probabilities and snakes. My undergrad statistics teacher was a skinny buck-toothed Japanese man who could barely speak English. He would write rapidly with his right hand whilst talking gibberish at … Continue reading

And God said, "it is just a joke, man!"

One of the huge challenges facing the Philippines is infrastructure. No, not the kind you invest in to build. The kind God laid out in the form of so many islands that no one will ever visit them all. Okay, some are occupied mainly by sea birds and turtles, but many are peopled. Mindanao is … Continue reading

Crap d’etat

I spend a period of time in the morning and a period of time in the evening attending to blog comments, generally on three sites: Get Real Post The Pro Pinoy Project The Society of Honor by Joe America I visit the Anti-Pinoy site from time to time to see if BongV is still there. … Continue reading