We beg to differ.
Is a life of celibacy normal? This is a question increasingly raised in a world increasingly hypersexualised by social media and their influencers. Indeed, the suppression of expression of sexuality has become taboo now — a trend that runs counter to the teachings of traditional organised hierarchies and religion which, by design, frowned upon the…
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It’s not easy to see that the Philippine Opposition is effectively non-existent today. It suffered catastrophic losses over two national elections and was utterly buried in the third and most recent one last year. These losses were all a result of their top “thought leaders” doing the same thing over and over again and expecting…
There are certain things I will miss when the lockdown is lifted. Driving on almost empty highways and roads plus a parking spot right next to the entrance of the shopping mall is something I have gotten used to in just a few months’ time. Not having to worry about tailgaters and lane shifters while…
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People making the most noise in these times of COVID-19 pandemic are likely those who lost a lot and have a lot more to lose as the crisis persists. It seems though that it is not necessarily those who lost loved ones per se who are the most shrill about this pandemic and are the…
When I was a graduate student at UCLA, I came across this sad and tragic story in neuroscience class of a young boy who had a circumcision that went awry. In the early 1960s, identical twins were born to a Canadian couple. Bruce was born first before his identical twin brother, Brian. When the twins…
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For now, at least, sensational “boy band” TNT Boys is at the top of their game. But is it all downhill from here? That depends on what else is on offer following a successful run singing other people’s songs. Most truly successful global phenomenons are original acts. At some point, the “boys” will have to…
Following days of vigorous discussion around the much-publicised disappearance and “rescue” of Ica Policarpio, a statement was released yesterday by her family through a Facebook post by her sister, Bea Policarpio. This was after the large number of Netizens who had responded to an appeal issued by Bea to assist in the location of her…
I remember writing an article about the way Pinoys need to change their comedy and this is more or less an extension or expansion of that article. See, besides annoying slapstick that seems more like cheap ripoffs of cartoon shows, Pinoy comedy is rife with stereotypes that would otherwise be deemed offensive in other countries…
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