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Any of you in Los Angeles the 80’s or 90’s? Did you listen to sportscaster Jim Healy? His 30 minute radio show was a highlight of my drive home many days, 5:30 to 6 pm. He made that solid mass of metal called a drive-time freeway survivable. Healy would intersperse his commentary with a lot … Continue reading
Rating President Aquino: Part III
I’ve been working on a more rigorous way to evaluate President Aquino’s job performance. In the first article, I identified seven areas of responsibility: Presentation Global engagement Infrastructure Health and security Wealth building Social cohesion Timeline architecture In the second article, I did a “quick and dirty” evaluation of the first two elements, and in … Continue reading
Splinters in the Eyeball
Let me ask you, if you were President, what would you do differently about corruption than President Aquino is doing? Okay, you might ask the House to hire better prosecuting attorneys, but would you let the Chief Justice continue leading the Judiciary? Let him represent the best of Philippine jurisprudence? Okay, you might have arrested … Continue reading
Walls Represent the Face of the Philippines
The Philippines is paid a visit by overseas dignitaries. The road from the airport passes by a slum shantytown. Walls are built to mask the slum from the road so that the dignitaries cannot see the horrible condition in which many Filipinos live. “We should pretty up our house when guests arrive” says a spokesman … Continue reading
Can a President be too popular?
Last week, I participated in a dust-up at Get Real Postthat resulted in my eviction from the site. This is a continuation of that discussion in a place where I won’t get thrown out for having a different view than the editor. The subject was the popularity of the Aquino/Cojuangco family. GRP writer Arche articulated … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 