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

The Kid Beside Me

Late last year, I defined an anchor-post for my basic principles that is a little different than most. Most people go by Christian values. But I look around both in the Philippines and in the United States and I don’t like the values I see emerging from the Christian faithful. In the U.S., I see … Continue reading

The Speech President Aquino Cannot Give

Good evening my friends. It’s good to be Filipino, eh? I want to talk to you about our country. About our history and future. And about who we are as a nation. Lets start with the basics. We are an Asian country. Let’s make that clear. We are not European, although we are a playground … Continue reading

Ezekiel: A Warning to Priests of Little Humility

Ezekiel’s Vision by Raphael Good day dear friends of the Church of Man, welcome to the Society of Honor Bible Study Group on this bright Philippine day.  No attack from China today. The priests are off doing whatever priests do. Manila is a beehive of activity, taxi drivers switching plates so they can keep the … Continue reading

The Bierce Denouements

Denouement, n. 1. a. the final clarification or resolution of a plot in a play or other work, b. the point at which this occurs. 2. final outcome; solution. Ambrose Bierce gives us, in resolute resolution, the meanings of words which otherwise would be plots of unintelligible confusion.  Here are a few of his more … Continue reading