Rising above Pork: What We Want for the Philippines

Sometimes we get consumed by incidents and lose perspective about the context. Like, we work on the trees and forget there is a forest. Let’s get grounded by rising above some of the incidents going on with regard to the pork scandal. To gain the rise we need, we shall climb into our helium balloon … Continue reading →

Filed under Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Functioning in Chaos

Do you find the world to be a chaotic, out of control place? Where every nut known to man is on the front page killing someone, running a bus down a hill, complaining about the president, rallying to protest, offending Malaysia, Taiwan or Hong Kong, warning us of the dreaded global warming, stealing Philippine shoals … Continue reading →

Filed under Blogging/Journalism, Education

Of Mines and Hyenas

I’ve killed a blog. It is pragmatism, though, not murder. This is its replacement, a two-fer dealing with two very different subjects. The King-king Mine I had started enthusiastically researching the King-king mining project outside of Davao, a huge, $2 billion dollar project to move mountains for copper, gold and silver. Rappler ran an article … Continue reading →

Filed under Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

A Troll of the Highest Order

We need an official word for a person who visits blogs and offers up a comment. They are not the blogger, exactly. Although they often make a blog meaningful. I use the term “commenter” and it is so . . . . oh . . . . contrived and lacking in character. I’ll argue that … Continue reading →

Filed under Blogging/Journalism, Education

The Filipino Mirror Syndrome

If we look carefully, we can figure out how and why Americans and Filipinos differ in their values. That is the main theme of this blog. The exploration is aimed at sorting out differences in motive and style. It is always going to be patently unfair because there are always exceptions to the generalities I might … Continue reading →

Filed under Culture and Arts