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 Effective Money Runaround Rate
Now before I launch into this economic treatise, let me state clearly that my post graduate degree is in radio and television arts. Macro to me means a kind of elegant knitting. Oh, sorry. That is macramé. Micro means little. I mean it means small, not little. But it means lots to economists. It is … Continue reading
Reason 17: Wind in the Bamboo
What is it about air moving across the face that is so refreshing? Well, assuming it is not roasting hot or freezing cold or laden with pollution. If it is mild of temperature and fresh of content, it is delightful. Much of the Philippine population lives along the coast, for there is so much coastline … Continue reading
The Big Secret
This is the sixth and final article in a series about an innovative solution to the problems faced in Philippine schools where too many kids and not enough resources reduce education to the lowest, slowest common denominator. Talented kids are today held back by “the system”. The “far out” program is called the Moon Model … Continue reading
The Road to Nagasaki
The Atlantic ran a photo series of the battle of Midway and for the Aleutian islands where the Japanese invaded the “US” during World War II. The article can be found HERE. The photo below is my favorite. It portrays the chaos of battle brilliantly. Four Japanese airplanes are in the scene, two little more … Continue reading
Aesthetically Speaking . . .
I like the skies in the Philippines, away from the big cities. The big cities remind me too much of Los Angeles back in the days when a fine layer of brown grit hung over the entire city. Huge gulping mouthfuls of diesel exhaust is not my idea of sweet. The Philippine skies are somehow … Continue reading
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The Society of Honor by Joe America 