Why Mayor Estrada Is Wrong on Hong Kong

Subtitled: Filipinos Should Not Move to the Back of the Bus As is often the case, kindly bear with me as I wander through some facts and acts, and examine things a bit, before arriving at a conclusion. I’m sure most of you are aware of the background of the incident commonly known as the … Continue reading →

When the NPA Runs Things Better Than Government

This blog is the full comment submitted by reader David Murphy in response to a blog written by JoeAm. David is new to the Society of Honor, but has injected some interesting observations into the recent discussion threads. He poses a counter-view to JoeAm’s opinion that NPA members are “extortionist gangsters”, and suggests that in … Continue reading →

Believing in the Philippines

What do YOU want for the Philippines? I read a lot of commentary hereabouts, blogs and comment threads, investigative articles, opinion columns, and news reports shaded with a point of view. There is a strong current of anger to a lot of it, of cynical mistrust of Philippine leaders, of exasperation with Philippine society, and … Continue reading →

The Philippine Luddite Mentality

I was roaming the Rappler conversation threads the other day and another visitor whipped a “pfft” on some people who are protesting the Philippine research work into genetically modified rice. He referred to them as “Luddites”. That sent me scurrying to my search button on the term “Luddite”, and this is what I got from … Continue reading →

Blog Fatigue

JoeAm has been blogging for three and a half years now.  This is his 625th blog. Hundreds of thousands of words, some good ideas, and a lot of silt over the Philippine dam of opinion mongering. (Brief Digression. Is an American living in the Philippines an “Am-Phil”?) Trends are noticeable. There are readers of blogs, … Continue reading →