President Aquino: Ups and Downs
I’ve written in the past that President Aquino has the opportunity to be recorded in the history books as a superb president, a perfect combination of his mother’s good will and his father’s courage and determination. As a statistician, but not a gambler, I would put the odds at about 60 to 40 that his … Continue reading
On Probation: Chief Justice Maria Lourdes A. Sereno
JoeAm has been running a series of articles focused on “A First Class Philippines”, working his way past the sensationalist media which tend to focus on flaws and the anti-thugs who relentlessly tear down the Philippines and anybody who objects to their obnoxious line. It is too early to rate newly appointed Chief Justice Maria … Continue reading
Hit and Run Dads and Other Scurrilous Dogs
You know, much of Philippine culture differs from Western norms. I can deal with it fine. I may crab or write blogs, after all, I have to write about something. But I deal with it because it is my choice to be here. Smoke, rudeness, slanderous neighbors, killer chickens, tuba drunks, cheating, religious hypocrisy, pollution, … Continue reading
One Nation, Under God, Absurd and Infinitely Divisible
Author’s Note: You may have read some of this before. What I’d ask that you keep in mind is how straightforward it can be to do what is good for the Philippines if the goal is simple yet profound.________ Philippine society has a split personality, one wholesome, fun-loving and family oriented, the other a pyramid … Continue reading
Definitive Answer: Why Doesn’t the Philippines Change?
This enlightenment struck me right between the eyeballs the other day as I was busy on my school bus run driving my kid to his nursery school where he is learning to speak English and sing Bible songs and ignore his teachers. Like he ignores everyone hereabouts, except his American father who attaches discipline to … Continue reading