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‘Great nations achieve great things’ – Is the Philippines a great nation?

April 10, 2014December 30, 2015 benign0 70 Comments

Sometimes we forget that only a very tiny tiny minority of Filipinos are able to articulate the kinds of ideas exchanged within the circles of people who think. One can find lots of brainwaves splashing about in the Philippine social media scene where so much could be discussed about people and events and so many…

Culture, Development, Society

First Man on the Moon: Neil Armstrong 5 Aug 1930 – 25 Aug 2012

August 26, 2012August 26, 2012 benign0 3 Comments

The following are excerpts from Craig Nelson’s awesome book Rocketmen describing the role the late Neil Armstrong played as commander of the spacecraft Eagle which landed him and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on the Moon in 1969 while crew member Mike Collins remained in orbit in their Command Module mothership above. Eagle fell to an altitude…

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