Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JoeAmBirds of the Philippines
Now occasionally I stop to smell the roses, or watch the birds. I see Filipinos watching the birds, too. Often it is through the sights of a rifle aimed at putting some meat on the rice. Did you ever watch those jungle movies on the big screen? You’d hear birds hooting and whooping and cawing … Continue reading
Getting Past the Nut
There are nuts attached to bolts, anatomical nuts assuring procreation, pistachios and walnuts and their ilk, and crazy people. This one is about a different nut, a tipping point, the point at which poverty is toppled to become growth, and from that, wealth. I wrote recently about my island, Biliran. I suggested that Americans are … Continue reading
A Missed Train Never Catches Up
The Philippines imports rice because it finds satisfaction in dividing large farmland up into unsustainable family farms that produce nothing for the greater Philippines. I feel for poor people, too. And for the laborers who stoop under the hot tropical sun jamming rice plantings into the mud like so many chickens pecking at bugs. Hacienda … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday in the U.S. It brought the warmth of family to the table. Although guests are often invited, in my family, it is a peculiarly tight family tradition. Parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, maybe an uncle or aunt. Not much more than that. Macy’s has a parade in New York, … Continue reading
No Man Is an Island
Yeah, maybe, but some of us live on one. It has always amazed me how the Philippines is able to function as one nation given that it is situated on 7,107 separate and distinct pieces of land. I mean, just try counting to 7,107 and you will understand the problem. How do you get schools … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 