Wilfredo G. Villanueva
Cha Coronel Datu
Juana Pilipinas
Karl Garcia
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JoeAmPunishing Kids
The Philippine House of Representatives has passed a bill banning corporal punishment (striking) of children. The bill is now with the Senate for consideration. Physical abuse of children is reprehensible because kids do not have the strength or maturity to defend themselves. But let’s detail abuse in various forms and consider what is the most … Continue reading
Rain and Peace
It rained yesterday. You could hear it coming from two opposite directions, one the roar of trillions of drops bearing down from the mountains, crashing into tree leaves like so many bomblets blasting new paths through the forest; the second the shriek from my wife caught a block away yakking with one of her friends. … Continue reading
Checks and Balances and Sludge
I wrote a lengthy blog on the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Corona, but sent it off into the cosmos, bits and bytes strewn across the great ionic wasteland. I was only saying what everyone else was saying. If I step back, I would cite the following observations, those of an outsider, easily dismissed: Democracy … Continue reading
Thought Fool
What is it like, a cross-cultural marriage of American to Filipino, of old to young? I exclaimed to my wife the other day that “I may have a large ego, but I am thoughtful”. She exclaimed back, “thought fool?” That is one of the pluses and minuses of the deal. We regularly misunderstand each other, … Continue reading
10 Ways to Get Rich
I had a brief exchange with brianitus a while back about women in the Philippines, and how women in the cities have more liberated values than women in rural areas. In the cities, many husbands and wives both work, achieving a little better stability in case one loses a job, and improving their income. If … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 