The Real Reason Why Fake News Wins
“It is often very illuminating, therefore, to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion? Was it the man who told you, or the…
Lessons From Sayadaw U Pandita
I meditated 15 hours a day for 6 months straight with one of the toughest Buddhist monks on the planet. Here’s what I learned: This is Sayadaw U Pandita. He was notorious for his unwavering belief that enlightenment is possible in this life & his…
A Moral Recovery Program: Building a People–Building a Nation by Patricia Licuanan
The events at EDSA in February 1986 not only ousted a dictator, but also demonstrated to the world and to ourselves our great strengths as a people. At EDSA we saw courage, determination and strength of purpose; we saw unity and concern for one another;…
The Rise And Fall Of Cameron Bertuzzi
This article is difficult to write. No, That’s not true. This article is VERY painful to write, and not because the person I’m going to write about is someone I had a personal relationship with. It’s because the person I’m going to write about is…
Et Tu Prof?
John Nery asked: “What is our clear, nonnegotiable, overriding objective?” this is after recognizing the fact that the country is suffering from a “fog of normalization.” And I couldn’t disagree more. Early this morning, I learned that a U.P. Professor friend of mine, an Anti-Marcos…
Juno Reyes Has Much To Learn About God And Christianity
(Image from Rappler) I’ve been contemplating whether to respond to Juno Reyes, a fourth-year communication student at Ateneo de Manila University and a LifeStyle and Entertainment intern at Rappler, about her article, [New School]. Studying in a Catholic school made me resent religion I believe…
A Meaningful Loss
I would’ve wanted to write this article right after the results of the May 2022 presidential election, but I found myself paralyzed. And it wasn’t just me; most of the people I know who supported Leni Robredo and Kiko Pangilinan felt the same. Suddenly, nobody’s…
David Foster Wallace “This is Water.” (with BIG Subtitles)
“Greetings parents and congratulations to Kenyon’s graduating class of 2005. There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young…
Why Angat Buhay NGO Won’t Do
(Addendum: Interestingly John Nery agrees with me see – The Angat Buhay NGO is not enough) As everyone following this blog knows, unfortunately na-predict ko na matatalo si Leni at Kiko this 2022 election. Pero I was still hopeful na we could turn things around…
