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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Inertia: Sustaining the EDSA Movement
No, no, no, Arroyo will not listen… but we will howl nevertheless. In the two years she remains in power, we will howl her in the streets, howl her in the courts, and howl...
The Fatal Flaw of Western Democracies (revised 08-01-2012)
Schools have long taught that the American government was the model of that perfect democracy.  That, however, has not stopped existing democracies from falling into tight-handed dictatorships.  What has gone wrong?  What is different...
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?
A Celebration of Love
Have you ever looked in the eyes of a mother, after giving birth to her child? If you stood close to her when she was in labor—the one without anesthetics, the natural labor—you would...
