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
- Why Mexico Did Not Continue the Galleon Trade After Independence
- The Philippines and the Seven Years’ War: An Indirect Colony in a Global Conflict
- Between Magellan and Legazpi: The Forgotten Gap, the Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs, and Why the Philippines Became More Mexican Than Spanish
- Before Colonization: The Maritime, Networked, and Layered Foundations of the Philippines
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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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The Care and Feeding of Alliances
Or, how not to be beaten and eaten if you crawl into the cage with a gorilla. Filipinos have this love/hate thing going on with Americans. The love has to do with the wealth, good behavior, good living and sense of respect one would give to power ala Dictator Marcos or other thugs we think … Continue reading
Enacting the Whine
The other day I wrote about ambition and unity as elements of a vibrant Philippines. Today I’ll address one of the barriers to unity. It is called authoritarianism. Unity requires a joining of hearts and effort. Authoritarianism hardens hearts and diminishes effort. From the outside looking in, one of the interesting facets of Philippine culture … Continue reading
A Thousand Words and the NLUA
I rummage through a lot of photographs looking for banner panoramas to put up there at the top of the page. Every once in a while a picture will cause me to sit up sharply and stare awhile, to digest what is there. This one is a top candidate for photo of the year. A … Continue reading
"Ambition" Is Not a Bad Word, nor Is "Unity"
I recently wrote a blog as if I were making a speech for President Aquino. As I went through the reader comments, it struck me that the tenor of my speech was very different from what you would ordinarily hear from President Aquino or any other Philippine leader in a popular speech. The typical Philippine … Continue reading
A Photo Rorschach Test
Okay, imaginative Society members. Here is a little Rorschach Test, an examination for you, a little shove into the arena of creative expression. Applied Psychology 101 I suppose. However, the goal is not to understand YOU, but to get a read-out on how different people – lets call them “subjects” – are viewed through the … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 