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JoeAmFood fight in the National Village!
Search “BINI Filipino snacks” on any social media platform, and you will find tons of stuff. Everyone and their uncle talks about it. Even Pugad Baboy cartoonist Pol Medina has had the dog Polgas chime in on his behalf. “From Pugadlawin to Pugad Baboy” is a chapter in a history book. Filipinos, even in 1986, … Continue reading
The Anchor for Morality
Morality = manner, character, proper behavior. Joe Am doesn’t like statistics, but he’ll deal with the little rascals from time to time. “For simple replacement of the population to keep up with deaths, most people assume that the average family size should be 2 children, or perhaps 2.1 or 2.2 to make up for human … Continue reading
Joe Am Deletes a Comment
Sometimes our aspiration for high ideals goes astray. The introduction to The Society of Honor, up there at the top of this page, tries to express an ideal, an openness to expressions pro or con on any issue, without need to descend to personal insult. After all, personal insult is rather like people washing dirty … Continue reading
"My Mind is a Blob"
When I was teaching high school for one frightful term, education was moving to a “New Math” which involved set theory; unions and intersections and ways of looking at mathematical truths. I never quite got the hang of it, beyond drawing circles, nor did anyone else, for the schools quickly tap-danced away from that teaching … Continue reading
The Innocence of Ignorance
I live in a poor sitio of a hillside barangay on an out-of-the-way island that is wholesome and clean and gorgeous. Most of the men who live here are rice field workers or construction laborers. There are two or three masons and a carpenter of no real skill. The women take care of the kids … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 