Of Nuts and Bolts

I must say the blogging scene in the Philippines is getting dry and dull. Politics is at an ebb because Congress is not into a production mode and all the President’s men and women are so busy we can’t keep pace. Top Blogger Raissa Robles seems to have slowed to a crawl, perhaps because of … Continue reading →

Filed under Humor/Satire

Envy, Integrity and Missing the Mark

My wife watches “Voice of the Philippines” every Saturday and Sunday evening. I stop by if I can watch the singers singing, rather than watch the judges rationalizing or commercials selling. The singing contest is an interesting set-up, with competition at two levels. (1) The singers compete with each other, and (2) the four coaches … Continue reading →

Filed under Culture and Arts, Entertainment

Snowden. Is the Issue Privacy or Trust?

The Snowden affair seems to have little to do with the Philippines, other than give critics of the United States an issue to rally around. But it may be useful to reflect on the underlying issues because they may shade how we look at FOI or other acts of the Philippine government. The battleground in … Continue reading →

Filed under Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Technology/Internet

Third Stage Sovereignty

Blogs are like large rocks. If you write a big enough pile of them, you eventually have enough shapes – wedges and edges and planes – to fit together to form a wall. The wall may even be strong enough to become a foundation for a structure. I rather like that notion, that The Society … Continue reading →

Filed under Citizenship/Patriotism

The Aquino Road Map

House Minority Leader Ronaldo Zamora asked an excellent question of the Aquino Administration during his rebuttal speech to the President’s SONA speech. As Rappler headlined it: “Where’s the road map?” Zamora was actually gracious in his critique, explaining it is not his place to criticize what the President put into his speech, or left out, … Continue reading →

Filed under Philippine Government