"Ask America!"

Edition 2013.01 Let’s talk American! Do you have a problem that needs solving? A mystery that has been nagging at you? A point of information about America that is simply not available on Wiki? Then “Ask America!” Get a read-out from the foremost expert on just about everything American, that esteemed authority on all things … Continue reading →

Angry Maude Rips Two Senator Ladies

Guest Article By Maude Garrison Insecurity is a beast. It eats at one’s innards like acid, gnawing away at one’s sense of self and the ability to see things objectively. Envy is its partner in crime. Insecurity appears to reside in the Philippine Senate. Amongst the brightest and best schooled and most capable minds in … Continue reading →

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 →