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JoeAmJoeAm’s 2012 Philippine Blogging Awards
I wanted to nominate myself for a Philippine blogging award this year but discovered that, in the purest of nationalistic fervor, the Philippine Blog Awards gives awards only to bloggers who are Filipino citizens . Boy howdy, that’s a slap on the white but nicely tanned cheeks. Here’s their web site blurb which I agree … Continue reading
Ellen Tordesillas Goes Anti
Even good friends occasionally need a whack upside the head. Ellen Tordesillas is actually not my friend. I don’t know her. Never met her. But she is a blogging colleague, sincere in her work, pro-Philippines day and night. Her heart is good. She writes about opera and the passing of good people. I read her … Continue reading
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
Skewering Puno
The scheduled article will be delayed one day to bring in this perspective before the esteemed Senate starts mucking around in things. Wow, what a dust up over ex-Under Secretary Puno, eh? The flurry of news articles and commentary has been astounding, motivated in large part by the passion for Jesse Robredo and the sense … Continue reading
To the Legislature: First Call for Patriots
This is the first call for Patriots from the House and Senate, members who still have the flexibility of mind to pivot, to change, to enlarge their vision of the Philippines. Senator Sotto is in his last term. He’s done. Cooked. So is Senator Enrile. It is not just his age. If he were 10 … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 