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JoeAmCorruption and Poverty
Guest Article by Edgar Lores In response to JoeAm’s blog HDPR: The Enormous Challenge, Poverty Joe, I was trying to come up with a Unified Field Theory on corruption and poverty but I soon realised I was waaay out of my depth. So instead of a “theory of everything” I have this Bits-and-Pieces Theory… To begin … 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
HDPR: The Enormous Challenge, Poverty
Poverty is the big challenge. How does the Aquino administration orchestrate the poverty fight? This blog continues JoeAm’s discovery of how the Philippines works. Where it is first class, and where it is not. It is striking how small the Philippines is in terms of who is managing things. When MLQIII takes time to drop … Continue reading
The Bottom Line on Poverty: Parenting
The discussion attached to the recent article “Happy Go Dead” Filipinosgenerated some interesting perspectives. The importance of parental guidance to children was raised, and the ignorance that blocks a lot of parents from understanding how to give responsible guidance to their kids. So the unfortunate behavior pattern of neglect for laws, lack of common sense … Continue reading
"Happy Go Dead" Filipinos
Do you know the expression “Happy go lucky”? It is one of those idioms that if you read it literally, it makes no sense. But with usage, it does. It means a person who is carefree, living life richly and maybe even dangerously, but always winning in the end. It attaches easily to the Philippines. … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 