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Climate change, post-Paris: Writing the next chapter
Expect it all in Paris: furious environmental and human rights activists, red-eyed negotiators spewing strong words; long nights, even longer protests; a cacophony of promises, pleas and prayers. The...
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The new normal: Visiting Paris after the terror attacks
Last month, the thin veneer of solipsism I used to feel in watching the news was shattered.I was in Florida, thousands of miles away from Paris, yet I couldn't escape the shock and the sadness of what...
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The OFW Christmas list
A technician in Dubai wishes he could go home instead of just sending presents to his loved ones. A nurse in the US wishes that when she does go home, her job will still be waiting for her when she...
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[Dash of SAS] 12 vs. 18: The age of consent
MANILA, Philippines – The age of consent in the Philippines is 12-years-old. In the eyes of the law, a Filipino can legally engage in consensual sex at the age of 12. Sex with a person below the age of...
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For 2016 polls, let’s bring out the balance sheets
Sans the entertaining word wars between presidential candidates and the hilarious trolling and counter-trolling on social media between their fervent devotees, the 2016 elections pre-campaign season in...
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A tribute: Ben Anderson’s brain
My fondest memories as a student were of attending William Henry Scott’s History of East Asia class, Dodong Nemenzo’s course on Political Dynamics and the seminars and directed readings on Southeast...
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Trash talk: New normal in politics?
In his groundbreaking work, The End of History (1989), Francis Fukuyama emphasized the necessity of “distinguishing between what is essential and what is contingent or accidental in world history, and...
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Aquino's last Christmas with the media: I will miss the ambush interviews
MANILA, Philippines – It was not the usual event where the President of the Republic of the Philippines was stiff and formal or ready to field questions with the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC).In this...
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Benedict Anderson and the Philippines’ place in the world
“Are you an evangelist for the Philippines?” a Latin American scholar asked Professor Benedict Anderson in one event in that part of the world.Ben’s interlocutor said that in Under Three Flags (2005),...
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Injustice and overkill in Poe's disqualification
John Rawls, the most prominent contemporary philosopher of justice, once wrote: “Each person possesses and inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override....
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#AnimatED: Race to the bottom
While presidential candidates Rodrigo Duterte and Mar Roxas were hurling insults at each other, some pretty important things were happening around us.In Singapore, one of our compatriots emerged to...
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Pulitika at panlalait
Paskong-pasko, naiinis ako, na may halong lungkot, at may halong galit. Ito na ba ang inabot ng ating pulitika?Hindi ito tungkol sa hamunan ng dalawang kandidato sa pagkapresidente, na nagsimula sa...
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#MissUniverse2015: We don't know how to be winners
As quickly as Steve Harvey was condemned for his error on Sunday did we forget he even made one, dismissing it as an "honest mistake" anyone could make, as if it had no effect on anyone and it should...
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When Pia Wurztbach meets geopolitics
The 2015 Miss Universe will perhaps go down as the franchise’ most memorable, if not controversial, edition, mainly thanks to Steve Harvey’s gargantuan mix-up of the eventual winner’s...
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Dear daddy: Protect me please
At one point in our lives, we have asked someone a favor. No matter how big or small it may be, we direct the favor to someone we trust.Here's a favor from a girl to her father and all would-be fathers...
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#AnimatED: Living with mistakes
As 2015 comes to a close, a filament of thought hangs in the air, rising from the global gaffe of Miss Universe emcee Steve Harvey. It is this: mistakes are moments that define one’s character.Harvey...
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10 Christmas stories around the world you (also) probably missed
If you’re a news junkie like me, it probably also hit you the morning after the Christmas weekend: You had not seriously checked the Internet, the TV, or the newspapers since your boss let you take...
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The courage of Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc
It’s often said that when one dies, one is remembered for how she touched lives or said the kindest of words. I’d like to think that the best editors, when they die, are best remembered for the...
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Killing the ogre that never dies
It was a thought-provoking conversation about change in our society, an admission that our generation has largely failed, and that change would be led by this generation.While waiting for the wedding...
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Suggestions to solve Manila's traffic woes
With estimates of around P2.4 billion lost daily from our economy due to traffic congestion in Metro Manila, the current transportation bottleneck is something that should concern every Filipino.The...
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