Category: Society

Donald Trump vs Megyn Kelly circus reveals underlying hypocrisy of Big Media

January 29, 2016 benign0 5 Comments

A controversial tweet from a fan of top contender for Republican Party presidential nomination Donald Trump depicting Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly in a meme and calling her a “bimbo” has gone viral. The meme features photos of Kelly posing provocatively in a small black dress and high heels. The meme included the captions “Criticizes…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

The Philippines: A Nation Of Traitors And Sellouts

January 28, 2016 Grimwald 75 Comments

I was actually planning to write this article at some other time. In all honesty, I think many of you have had enough of the Mamasapano Massacre and everything it entails already. Indeed, I’m kinda sick of it myself. I ask, why can’t we just let their families grieve quietly now? Why can’t we give…

Culture, Society

How German political-correctness was doused by its own version of the Mamasapano massacre

January 28, 2016 benign0 22 Comments

As it turns out, it seems the Philippines had unwittingly served as a test tube for what is turning into a template process with which a period of exuberant national political correctness meets its demise. This insight can be gleaned in the events that led to the crushing of “dreams” of an autonomous Bangsamoro “nation”…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Why democracy is not like a mango tree

January 27, 2016 benign0 9 Comments

Evidently, traditional democracy is failing Filipinos. This failure is in plain sight today in (1) the infantile ‘presidential’ candidates lined up before Filipino voters, (2) the no-substance “debates” surrounding them facilitated by the nation’s so-called ‘thought leaders’, and (3) the abject apathy with which the broader Filipino public regard the future of their country. Philippine-style…

Education, Media, Politics, Society

The Fear of Foreign Domination In A Land Of Sell-Outs

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016 P. Farol 9 Comments

I’ve been mulling about writing a long article on the subject of Senator Grace Poe’s case in the Supreme Court for some time now, but figured out that what I have to say about his very complicated and complex legal issue amounts to less than five hundred words. What do I really know about the…

Government, Politics, Society

The interesting timing of Pia Wurtzbach’s homecoming

January 26, 2016 benign0 17 Comments

All the big events seem to have come together on this day, the 25th January. It’s the birth anniversary of the late Corazon ‘Cory’ Aquino, mother of current President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. On this day also, exactly 12 months ago, 44 elite police officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Why Can’t We Be Our Own Heroes?

January 24, 2016 Grimwald 11 Comments

Tying in with my latest article, I have come to question just how typical Pinoys have come to view their own heroes. Our history books teach us that Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio are the heroes of our nation because they fought for the freedom of the Filipino people during times of oppression. The same…

Culture, Society

Why Do Pinoys Hate Complexity?

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 Grimwald 55 Comments

After reading some of the comments on the GRP FB page, I spotted a comment about the way a lot of Pinoys prefer what they perceive as “simple” over what is “complex”. Now truth be told, simple is better in some ways. I myself am nearly driven to madness by complex math for instance. However,…

Development, Education, Government, Society