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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Wall Street Virus
I see from this morning’s news clippings that the Wall Street protests have gone viral, speeding across the so-called civilized world faster than a cold in a school classroom. I thought for a time it would just go away. But it hasn’t because conditions are ripe for spread. The world’s economic body is ill, run-down, … Continue reading
The Caveman and the Nanotubes
Once upon a time there was a man, a hairy man, who lived in a cave. The location of the cave is not know precisely, but scientists surmise that it was somewhere southeast of Des Moines, Iowa, in the good old US of A. This is known because the cave man’s bones have been found … Continue reading
Free the Philippines!
I am always surprised when some take my writings personally. Perhaps I have been deficient in making clear that I intend to comment on the social integrity of the Philippines, or lack there of. Not the integrity of Filipinos as individuals. There is a distinction between the character of the individual and the character of … Continue reading
Born to Fail
Here it is folks. Wrap your brain around it. The single fundamental line of reasoning as to why the Philippines is no longer the Pearl of the Orient, the Heart of Asia, the Pacific Center of Commerce, a Tourist Eden, the Garden of the Gods. Why it is a corrupt, polluted, underdeveloped, disharmonious place that … Continue reading
America: A Rudderless Ship
It is useful to strive to find a reason for things beyond the obvious incidents to which we bear witness. It is consistent with the technique of Japanese problem-solving that is so successful: “Ask why five times” . Probe. Probe. Probe some more. If the Philippines struggles, I want to know what is the heritage … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 