Paulo po, he said – Paulo Parungao was his name. I was doing some last minute shopping at Baguio’s vegetable market in-between a late lunch at Rosebowl and the 3 p.m. Victory Liner bound for Cubao. A platoon of kids of varying sizes and ages blocked my path, selling plastic bags and offering to carry … Read more
In general, our motorists are law-abiding citizens. The few deviant elements who delight in deliberately flouting the law are exceptional. The many who seem to violate every conceivable norm of decent driving do so, I think, not maliciously but ignorantly. They are just unfamiliar with the culture of driving. If this thesis is correct, our … Read more
Rape must rank as a woman’s darkest nightmare for it represents the most total of all possible invasions of her body. The crudest assertions of power have always had the physical body as their object. That is why the first spoils claimed by victors in war are the local women. That is also why in … Read more
While lecturing at the National Autonomous University of Mexico early this year, I had the rare chance of witnessing the signing of the first peace accord between the Mexican government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation or EZLN. That historic event reminded me of the Moros’ own negotiations with the government. I began to … Read more