On the Mound of Political Madness

What’s happening in our country, Mr president?  That’s one unforgettable  question thrown by Emmanuel Pelaez, Vice President of the country, during the time of President Ferdinand E. Marcos. That’s one question  the ordinary man in the street would like to ask in times like now, but coming from people who ought to know things, it [...]

Cashing In On the Gullible – Nationalism

Liberalism stands for human rights, for freedom. Like, man has right to travel and to move freely, free of political restrictions. That man should be free to be anywhere he [they want] to be. That’s the human spirit moving towards globalization, folks. In fact, advanced countries have been moving towards that goal. In regions where [...]

Freak Calamities, the Boring Sides of Them

Passenger ships that have sunk caught by storm, or during normal weather. They have happened many and more often times in the Philippines. We have Maritime vessels [MV} Don Juan, Doña Paz, Princess of the Stars, Marilyn, Cebu City, and most recently, Super Ferry 9 – just to mention the sensational ones. They’re for the [...]

Ideologies Then and Now, the World and the Philippines

Man, by nature, must be freedom loving ever since dawn of civilizations. Democracy is probably the oldest known ideology. Another ideology, Liberalism, became notable in the 18th century.
While Democracy and Liberalism are two distinct philosophies, they have big similarities so that early movements by progressives in Europe, like the French Revolution in the 18th century, [...]

Cory as Saint, Time Fast Reverse

I’ve been to my Dashboard and I noticed that the article I put up for my personal tribute to the late, former President Corazon C Aquino, has topped mine  others in number of views made in a single day. Titled Hero of time, Preserving the Naked Legacies, it was published in my page section. Why [...]