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JoeAmFudging and Filipino Legislators
Let me try to characterize the Philippine social value called “Fudging”. If we flip through the Humpty Dumpty New World Dictionary, skipping past a particularly popular American obscenity because it is not relevant to his inquiry, we come across the definition we need: Fudging: a propensity to work around the edges of the law for … Continue reading
Getting from A to B and B to C on Education
Last year, I got inspired about education, specifically, a way to stop the current pattern of doing things, forever building hollow-block classrooms and stuffing them with 45 kids each led by an overworked, underpaid, undertrained teacher who is happier than the kids are when the day ends. I wrote six articles about it. The idea … Continue reading
Hey Babycakes, pass me that wrench, eh?
One of the things that amazes me about the Philippines is the ingenuity of the maintenance men around here. I say men because I have never seen a Filipina mechanic. I did see a woman pedaling one of those for-hire tricycles the other day. One among a thousand or so. Some of the coconut trucks … Continue reading
The Territorial Integrity of the Philippines, or What’s Up with Sabah?
The world, when it was larger and not so overcrowded, was a contentious place, an arena for combat over land. Imperialistic ambitions ran rabid as empires were struck, then lost. The Romans, the British, the Germans, the Moors and Huns and Ruskies. Visions of world domination inspired the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor. After all, … Continue reading
Dogs and the Joy of Anger
We got a German Sheppard puppy a couple of months ago. He is approaching six months now, almost full size. He has an established hierarchy of people around him. I am number one because when he was little I would play with him and pet him and talk to him whereas everyone else would just … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 