Democracy’s and its social media politics’ TEN YEAR Challenge
We are definitely overdue for a “Next Big Thing” innovation explosion of the sort that happened in the mid-2000s. Back then, social media came out of nowhere to seize the …
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A choice between a Pig and a Crook
So the third and final debate between two candidates vying for the presidency of the United States of America has come to a close. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, based on …
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Sick and tired of hypocrites attacking Duterte
Not even two months into the Rodrigo Duterte administration, we have already had several events which were truly newsworthy, and the war on drugs led by no less than the …
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The status of the West Philippine Sea dispute now depends on the result of the elections in the United States
Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte has a lot to clean up after President BS Aquino leaves office this June 30. Besides traffic, political corruption, the Mindanao problem, power problems and typhoon …
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Five Routes to the Presidency in the Philippines
With Mayor Rody Duterte’s trail-blazing ascent to the presidency, we may have to rewrite the books on the ins and outs of politics in the country. He was from a marginalized region …
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US Supreme Court Justice Scalia dies: Filipinos should be familiar with the controversy of SC appointments
The news that recently came out of the United States was that one of its Supreme Court Justices, Antonin Scalia, died on February 13 of natural causes in a West …
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The bullshit idea that ‘the next Steve Jobs’ will be emerging from a bunch of Syrian refugees
Will ‘the next Steve Jobs’ carry the DNA of a Syrian refugee? Maybe he will. Then again, maybe he won’t. Tossing a coin won’t really settle that question — because …
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US President Barack Obama’s eighth and final State of the Union Address
United States President Barack Obama delivered his eighth, and final, State of the Union (SOTU) Address at the United States House of Representatives last January 12, 2016. Whether or not …
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