Why I Don’t Get Pride Marches and Pride at All
Perhaps I’m weird to some, but I never got the logic of how pride marches lead to respect. To me, doing such marches is almost like being a siga (macho …
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Heads-up: The One-China Policy could soon include Palawan and Singapore
While our senators will soon be out in the public square basking in free-media-mileage limelight debating over whether China is friend or foe after that (in Mar’s terminology) unfortunate “mis-encounter” …
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Otso Diretso candidates get their asses kicked by Administration candidates in the most recent “debate”!
One thing remains clearly evident today: elections remain an emotional exercise. As such, it is unlikely that the outcome of this year’s election will be an intellectual one. Whilst “debates” …
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Not really an “Asian” movie but I’m excited to see Crazy Rich Asians nonetheless
I’m gonna see Crazy Rich Asians as soon as I can. How can I not? It’s been promoted ’til Kindgom come! There’s also all that hype surrounding Queen of Philippine …
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Voting, Vaginas and Vehicles: How toning down people’s rights can bring order to the Philippines
There has been much to discuss recently on the topic of “right to life” – whether having a beating heart is a basic right or a privilege. Now let’s dive …
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The KEY to a truly intelligent political discourse that ordinary Filipinos can relate with
I came up with a new public relations (PR) concept for Malacanang. I call it the Flypaper Trick. To understand this trick, a brief explanation of how flypaper works is …
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Today is International Human Rights Day, but is “human rights” really an international thing?
Western liberal democracies are celebrating “International Human Rights Day” today. And Filipino liberals and its Leftist elements are, of course, celebrating as well — which is ironic in the case …
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Filipinos need to kill their cultural demons in order to kill their real enemies
Filipinos need to “unite” to solve their big macro national problems. Yet Filipinos, unfortunately, are a people pulled in different directions. We have Yellowtards versus Dutertards, the masses versus the …
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