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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Big Sky Cannonballs
The US has a state called Montana. It is good sized yet hidden, for it is off the beaten path, nudged up north against the border with Canada, lots of nothing to the East, and the rains and trees of the Pacific Northwest to the west. Rich Americans buy large properties in Montana to get … Continue reading
Grinding Axes
It struck me the other day that most people in the world are busy grinding axes. I came to this point a while back when manuelbuencamino said in a comment to my blog that “. . . you roll with punches as good as you can deliver them.” It caused me to reflect on how … Continue reading
The Newest Class of Filipino: The Rational Climbers
An observant anonymous commenter pointed out that my overview of the class system in the Philippines missed two important groups: (1) overseas workers, and (2) Pinays who marry foreigners. The observation is correct and resulted in a fresh bruise to my forehead. But in a way, it is good, because I can give this subject … Continue reading
The Philippines: One of the Most Intriguing Places on Earth
Commenter Greg made this perceptive observation on one of my blog posts the other day: “You and your readers enjoy an exchange of ideas about one of the most intriguing places on earth: the Philippines. “ The remark rocked my socks because it explains the Philippines in a way that escaped me, and probably many … Continue reading
The Class System in the Philippines
I just finished reading “The Fall of Giants”, an absorbing novel about World War I written by Ken Follett. It blends fiction and fact to follow five families through the war: one Russian, one German, one American and two British. The families get knitted together before the war, divided during it, and the remnants come … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 