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JoeAmFilipinos Don’t Do Insecurity
As per usual, I arrived at this blog topic circuitously as one thought led to another. Here is the thought process . . . What if I wrote a blog and some really bright people showed up? What if you gave a party and no one showed up? What if you gave a party and … Continue reading
Constitutional Re-Write: Aquino vs Kritz
Rappler did a nice wide-ranging interview with President Aquino on October 17. It touched on everything from Chief Justice Sereno to Best Friend Puno to the Cybercrime Law to re-writing the Constitution. I’d like to extract a few remarks from the President on the subject of re-writing the Constitution to bring more foreign investment into … Continue reading
A Page from Charles Dickens
I was led to write this article by a piece in the Christian Science Monitor. That publication is on my news feeds. The editors like to feature lists of this or that. They are usually amusing. A recent effort was a listing of the top 15 strange comments overheard in the library by librarians. One … Continue reading
Those Heathen Americans and God Fearing Filipinos
Every once in a while, I need to write about America to provide perspective on Filipino culture. It seems to me Filipinos are about 50 years behind America in development of social awareness and values. Two interesting trends are developing in the U.S., and they seem incompatible, one to the other. They deal with religion. … Continue reading
Teo "The Fist" Guingona: Presidential Picks Round 6
Opportunity is where the courageous find a name for themselves. Teofisto de Lara Guingona III carries the nickname “TG”. That is for marketing purposes. He probably does not like sounding like a Mafia family godfather, or the manufacturer of fancy red sports cars. Those Italianos, they like their nicknames. On the island of Sicily, TG … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 