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JoeAmThere Are No Jeepneys in the US of A
I came to the Philippines in 2005. It was a fluke of fate, a left turn out of Hong Kong rather than right. Before that I roamed the planet whenever I could afford it, which wasn’t often enough, but, hey, alimony does crimp one’s style. This ramblin’ started courtesy of Uncle Sam’s traveling circus, the … Continue reading
"The Road"
Okay, literary arts aficionados, here is one for those of you who aspire to be Buddhists of the mind and spirit: “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, 2006, Random House, Inc. I have about 50 pages left in my re-read and I’ve had wild dreams every night since picking up the book again. There is something … Continue reading
State Sponsored Child Abuse
It is good to see the Philippine Government push social legislation such as the divorce, health and reproduction, and child abuse bills. It is the sign of a refined sense of caretaking that would appear to reside outside the vision of the Catholic Church. And an awareness that, on occasion, the State must insert itself … Continue reading
USA: The Day of the Jackals
The downgrade of US debt should give hope to Filipinos in a roundabout way. When the most successful economic power of the past two centuries bites the economic dust because it bites itself in the ass, then Filipinos can look at their own political arena and say, quite accurately, our economy may be looking up … Continue reading
The American Dumb Bell
Did your formal education ever lead you into the dark realm of statistics? It is a horrid place to venture, full of monsters and T-tests, probabilities and snakes. My undergrad statistics teacher was a skinny buck-toothed Japanese man who could barely speak English. He would write rapidly with his right hand whilst talking gibberish at … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 