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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The Philippine Condition in a Nutshell
Words are fun. Now Nutshell can be broken down into two composite thoughts. (1) Nut shell, and (2) Nuts hell. Both are operative herein. I responded to a propinoy.net blog this morning. The subject was Confucius and the Philippines, the author J. Sun E.: http://propinoy.net/2011/10/08/confucianism-and-its-relevance-to-filipino-thoughts/ . I was forced to cram the whole of my … Continue reading
China and the Beast
It popped up in the news recently that the US Congress is considering legislation that attempts to rectify what many perceive to be currency manipulation by China. But there is more to it than that. US Congressmen see China’s aggressive trading practices, industrial espionage, heightened belligerence in Asia, hoarding of scarce metals, and a new … Continue reading
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carre writes in British English and uses a lot of slang and vernacular, speaking in the language of spies. He also interjects wayward little sub-stories in mid-plot, then pieces them together during subsequent chapters, adding the beginning or end. I found the first reading rather frustrating because I could not remember all the … Continue reading
The Day Uncle Sam Went Looney
The founders of the modern democratic republic of America were, as one, very precise and rational in what they wished to accomplish. They wanted a society free of government oppression and overly burdensome taxation, one that advanced safety and well-being of individual citizens: the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. Later, when … Continue reading
Stuffed Shifts
The Philippines falls behind modern international standards in many fields, from pollution to health care to human rights. Today I’d like to focus on one that really fries my bacon. Toasts my frenchies, so to speak. The government believes, in its grand faux democratic tradition, that freedom of expression means giving media corporations complete freedom … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 