“Either way, never be sorry about things you have no control over. You’ll just give yourself ulcers. Never half-ass anything. Drink plenty of wine.” – Sylvain Neuvel, Only Human AS long as we don’t accept human beings aren’t perfect, we will continue to wallow in disappointments, which come from the gap
October 16, 2026
“Belatedly I was having second thoughts. I had no reason to be taking this risk. I could be halfway out already. I said I wouldn’t do this anymore. Overconfidence and these half-baked plans will be the death of me.” ― Audranasa WAS it a case of hubris on the part of
October 15, 2026
“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” – General George Patton IF the Philippines has Vico Sotto, the United States, many pundits say, has James Talarico. Like Sotto, the incumbent mayor of Pasig City in Metro Manila, Talarico, member of the Texas House of Representatives, has surged in
October 14, 2026
“Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. I am who I am today, with all my faults. Tomorrow I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that’s me, too. These faults and mistakes are what I am, making up the brightest stars in the constellation of
September 26, 2026
“An economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human.” — Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire IF the Philippines is deemed “financially unhealthy” by economic analysts, why was it chosen to launch the UN Group of Friends (GoF) for Financial Health together with Peru and
September 25, 2026
“I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen I MET the late sports journalist and columnist Ricardo “Recah” Trinidad for the first time in Las Vegas on December 3, 2008. It started with a call I received from then 65-year-old Philippine
September 23, 2026
“Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.” — Adolf Hitler FORMER Iloilo City councilor Dr. Nielex “Lex” Tupas once put it succinctly: “Naagyan man namon ang sitwasyon nga gina talikdan na kami sang mga tawo mo.” (We have been in situations where people turned their backs on
September 10, 2026
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” — Mahatma Gandhi IF our grandchildren turned the pages of Philippine political history, they would read the names of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Joseph “Erap” Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Jinggoy Estrada, Zaldy Co,
September 9, 2026
“Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.” – Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted IF I hadn’t been invited to attend the in-person Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training at PSS Home Care in Whitestone, New York City, on Aug. 24, I wouldn’t have known what
September 5, 2026
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. IF we ask what justice is, conventional wisdom will tell us it is the moral and philosophical principle of treating people fairly, impartially, and reasonably according to the law and ethics. According to Cornell Law School’s Legal Information
September 4, 2026
“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” – Walter Hagen MARIA Rowena Amelia “Bing” Guanzon, 69, the feisty former Comelec commissioner, has been going around the country ostensibly to woo potential voters in the 2028 election. Her
September 2, 2026
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” – John Burroughs INSTEAD of bellyaching and finger-pointing, let’s analyze and first face the mirror. While public officials who stole billions of pesos of taxpayer’s money in flood control projects deserve to die
September 1, 2026