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
- Pre-Rizal Philippine Literature: Myths, Epics, and Early Chronicles
- 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
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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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A Philippine Ethical Value: Subservience
I’ve developed this guiding principle of discovery as it pertains to an American living in the Philippines. It derives from the fact that, often, things don’t make sense. The principle: When behavior does not make sense, keep thinking about it, because it MUST make sense. Garcia JoeAm’s Confusion My early morning pondering the other day, … Continue reading
An Alternative View of Pedro Calungsod
Guest Article By Andrew Lim AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF PEDRO CALUNGSOD In the context of the Spanish-Chamorro Wars 1671-1698 Applying what a Filipino historian wrote, it could be a case of veneration without understanding. Pedro Calungsod Let me get this out of the way first: this is not an attack on the canonized Pedro Calungsod. … Continue reading
Now THAT was a blog! And Wheelchairs!
Today is a twofer. One comment on blogging, one on wheelchair jokes. Blogging I think different bloggers have different ideas of what a blog is supposed to be about. Here are some of the conceptual approaches I see in the blogging world: A blogger who says: “I’m the technical professional here and will honor … Continue reading
Filipinos Don’t Do Insecurity
As per usual, I arrived at this blog topic circuitously as one thought led to another. Here is the thought process . . . What if I wrote a blog and some really bright people showed up? What if you gave a party and no one showed up? What if you gave a party and … Continue reading
Constitutional Re-Write: Aquino vs Kritz
Rappler did a nice wide-ranging interview with President Aquino on October 17. It touched on everything from Chief Justice Sereno to Best Friend Puno to the Cybercrime Law to re-writing the Constitution. I’d like to extract a few remarks from the President on the subject of re-writing the Constitution to bring more foreign investment into … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 