The language of the Olympics

The rhetoric of the Olympics may be about world peace and unity,  but its everyday language is all about winning and superiority. Russia leads for the moment not because it has the most number of medals (the US does), but because it has more of the gold.  The games are cruel in this sense.  They … Read more

Where the truth lies

Dear Mr. Geniuval Cagas: I received your letter from Tinangis Jail and Penal Farm about a month ago.  I know how it must feel to wait for some sign that the world out there still cares whether you exist.  It has taken me all this time to reply because I have only vague memories of … Read more

Misuari

At the UP, where Nur Misuari studied and taught in the ‘60s, we love to say we breed all kinds of characters — heroes and scoundrels, anarchists and bureaucrats, radicals and conservatives, militants and militarists. The UP will always, like any other school, claim its own share of heroes, but will never disown anyone of … Read more