A Silent Call to the EDSA Generation
History books and heroes carried an EDSA that was about setting things right in the Philippines, and maybe some of them had the right idea, but mostly, the context of that demonstration was misunderstood....
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Mr. Lenin’s Democracy (updated 04-14-2016)
They were freedom fighters, and revolution became synonymous with them. But decades later, they became nightmarish regimes that terrified the imagination and subjugated millions. Dystopia and totalitarianism became synonymous with them. What happened? Why...
For Better or For Worse: Cuba, Pakistan, Kosovo
Everywhere there seems to be a feeling of fatigue for one failed system after another, and movements (like Obama’s, which seems to be sweeping the United States) have begun to spring up, maybe not...
Gloria Arroyo and the Hitler Complex
We are forever frustrated by the continued existence of Gloria Arroyo as President. But would you have stood up to Hitler’s Germany? And can you really stand up to Arroyo’s Philippines?
Happily Ever After
We live in a cynical world. In our search for Love and Happiness, we found only pain and suffering. In our labors to find the goodness of the human heart, we have found only...
Suffer Love
We look for signs of love in flowers, red roses, and sweet words. But the real sign of Love can be found in her tears, and her callused hands, and her tired sighs…
The Universe Tends to Right itself
Life will be better. This may sound like naiveté, or foolish, wishful thinking, but where is the harm in thinking it? If the world thinks otherwise, then you are not the one at fault....
