By the people, for the people

By Josephivo Being stuck in the present we should remember the future too, the Philippines in 10, 20 years’ time. This piece is intended just as a warming up exercise. The subject is too vast and interlinked with almost every aspect of life. These few paragraphs cannot cover it all. Just some thoughts by thinking … Continue reading →

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JoeAm’s highly scientific survey of Philippine political winds

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The Duterte troll ‘destabilization’ nonsense

By Joe America The Duterte trolls are engaged in an institutionalized attack on our thinking. They take advantage of the fact that objective truth is something all of us have a hard time getting to because of the filters we use that warp our knowledge. We tend to stick with our biases instead of welcoming new information … Continue reading →

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The Ugly Files: House Speaker Alvarez

By Joe America We Americans know ugly, because we’ve been that from time to time when we’ve looked down on other nations or peoples. Today, we can see a peculiar kind of ugly arising in the US under the obscene banner of “America First”. There are many uglies, both in America and the Philippines, and we’ll … Continue reading →

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Attack is the best form of defense

  By Chemrock In this post-truth age, where everyone is armed with a tool and can, in safety behind anonymity, maim characters and destroy people’s lives, decency and good-heartedness can no longer survive if we chose to believe in the pacificistic “truth will have its way”. VP Leni’s team learned the hard way after heinous … Continue reading →

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