The age of a new enlightenment

w By Josephivo 0. INTRODUCTION Where are you going? Is the past an indication for the future? Shared beliefs are needed to unify, to make it possible for us, advanced apes, to live, to cooperate in “unnatural” large groups, to create our competitive advantage. To achieve this, some developments were breakthrough-events: the discovery of abstract … Continue reading →

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Voting for Dictator of the Philippines: Who’s your pick?

Some of candidates for President and Vice President are on people’s “like” list because they are authoritative and go against the flow. They offer up bold promises of empty buses and roads, reduced poverty, food on the table, new airports, jobs for all, peace and prosperity. The outspoken authoritarians promise immediate change. Well, boy, “glory hallelujah!” That sounds … Continue reading →

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For the Sake of Ten

w by Wilfredo G. Villanueva Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.” The men turned away and … Continue reading →

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Rebuttal to Peter Wallace column on Government contracts

Columnist Peter Wallace wrote a series of five daily articles starting on December 24, 2015, dealing primarily with troubled major contracts and other woes he attaches to the Aquino Administration. The articles ran on the front page of the Inquirer, a rather significant placement for an opinion columnist, five days in succession. It was a very … Continue reading →

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The Manila conundrum

co·nun·drum, noun, (1) a confusing and difficult problem or question, (2) a question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle. It is a conundrum why residents of the greater Manila region would prefer a presidential candidate who, according to testimony presented in the Senate, is corrupt. The evidence presented in the … Continue reading →

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