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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Ego Bondage
Okay, I can move on to a different subject now. I can do no more regarding this culture thing. After following the Japanese way of “asking why five times”, I have a crystal clear picture of the essence of Philippine culture. I asked why is the nation so poor and struggling and got the answer … Continue reading
Butt Muscles and Filipinos
Racism carries with it a negative connotation, that one brand of humans wrongly considers themselves better than another because of the color of their skin or some other hard-wired distinction between peoples. Well, Humpty Dumpty knows full well that a word means whatever you say it means, and for the purposes of this article, I … Continue reading
Puppets and the Ilk of Ilda
Prowling through a reread of Tom Clancy’s novel “Red Storm Rising”, I was struck by his description of the Russian power complex of the 1980’s. The Red empire was no longer run by an individual strong man like Stalin, but by committees and commissioners in which the President was mainly a public face, for his … Continue reading
Born Again Filipino
JoeAm’s arrogant but marvelously simple five-step method of becoming a born-again Filipino: 1. Always carry a book and read it in public even if your friends try to insult you for being a “librarian”. Help interject the pride of being smart into Philippine culture, driving out the macho pride of tuba-swilling cock fights and the … Continue reading
When Child Abuse is Acceptable
It is acceptable to father a child then run off to another city because you don’t want to pay for raising the kid. Who cares if the kid lives his whole life knowing he was not wanted? It is acceptable to have a kid and farm him out to Granny or Auntie or Sister’s cousin … Continue reading
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