Authors
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Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Cha Coronel Datu
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Juana Pilipinas
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Karl Garcia
- Trump’s Final Two Years: A Lame-Duck Presidency, an Assertive Congress and the Challenge of Repairing America
- From Borrowing for Development to Delivering Development: The Philippines Must Stop Paying for Infrastructure That It Cannot Implement
- Water, Water Everywhere, but Nowhere to Drink: The Philippines’ Water Crisis in the Age of Super El Niño
- Beyond Dependence: From Degree to Diskarte to Capability
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giancarloangulo
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JPilipinas
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karlgarcia
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JoeAm
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Making a Deal with the Devil: The Faustian Bargain
By Andrew Lim When ancient man figured out that living in groups, specially large ones was more advantageous, he quickly learned how to make a deal- get something by giving up another. The deal could be between two entities: a modus vivendi, or internally, with one’s conscience. In German legend, Faust was an intellectual who … Continue reading
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
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
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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