It is difficult to imagine Claro M. Recto advertising a brand of soap, or Jose W. Diokno endorsing a brand of toothpaste, or Santanina Rasul lending her lovely face to a skin-whitening product. All three were once senators of the Republic to whom the serious business of deciding what directions we should pursue as a … Read more
Having seen, in the last seven years, the kind of behavior our top political leaders are capable of, what I am going to say here may sound counterintuitive if not plainly wrong. I believe that if we continue to confuse political moralizing with political analysis, we will remain blind to the systemic nature of our … Read more
This is the magic word that is carrying Barack Obama to the farthest horizon of current American politics. Merely hearing him say it drives his supporters into a state of frenzy. The word seems to sum up for them a whole agenda of what America needs to do to erase the incalculable injury that George … Read more
The price of electric power in our country (the second highest in Asia) has become so complex that even a well-informed citizen would have a hard time grasping the issues, allocating blame, and determining what should be done. This situation is susceptible to demagogic positioning and political opportunism. One can only hope that those who … Read more
If you ride motorcycles, as I do, you might be forgiven if you have been seeing the world as a universe of crisscrossing highways. For a biker, nothing quite compares with the ecstasy of exploring a newlyopened expressway. The experience is akin to following a tiny trail in a lush forest. You are not sure … Read more