By Alex P. Vidal “It’s good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it’s definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.”—J Mascis AS mentioned in my previous article, we had our last dinner at the Q Town Asian Cuisine Inc., a seafood restaurant in Elmhurst, Queens, on December 13 (Sunday) as suspension
December 15, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”—John D. Rockefeller DECEMBER 13 (Sunday) would be our last dining date at the Q Town Asian Cuisine Inc., a popular Chinese seafood restaurant on corner Whitney and Broadway Streets in Elmhurst, Queens as New York
December 14, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”—Jim Morrison SOME people feel very uncomfortable each time National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) asset Jeffrey “Ka Eric Almendras” Celiz opens his
December 12, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower COVID-19 pandemic will always be a convenient and, perhaps, the most “justifiable” excuse if the Duterte administration will not implement the construction of the ambitious Iloilo–Guimaras–Negros–Cebu Link Bridge while the Filipinos struggle
December 11, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “It’s hard when you’re always afraid. You just recover when another belief is betrayed. So break my heart if you must. It’s a matter of trust.” —BILLY JOEL in “A Matter of Trust” MY Christian belief tells me I shouldn’t reject something I don’t understand; I shouldn’t disparage the
December 10, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Don’t hate the media, become the media.”—Jello Biafra I AM a living witness to the stark reality that, despite their vast power and influence in a democratic society, the mass media in the Philippines and in the United States, are being treated shabbily and unfairly by abusive politicians and
December 9, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Disinformation is more than just lying: it’s the denial and twisting of reality in order to present some desired image to the rest of the world.”—Will Hurd BEFORE we empty our energy by helping or tolerating the spread of disinformation about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and sowing
December 8, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.”—Geraldo Rivera SOME of the world leaders who waged a battle royal against the press continued to stumble and fall even as the people’s trust and confidence in the purveyors of news and information has not eroded. The
December 7, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Misinformation or distrust of vaccines can be like a contagion that can spread as fast as measles.”—Theresa Tam EVEN here in New York City where most of the people are excited and waiting for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines this month until early next year, some rabid anti-vaccine
December 5, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “We don’t have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy.” environment.—Dennis Weaver THE real “war” we have been waging for decades now isn’t merely President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s battle against illegal drugs and criminal elements in the Philippines. It’s neither an international conflict involving rogue nations nor an
December 4, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”—Marcus Aurelius I KNEW I made the right decision when I “escaped” from New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital early morning on December 1 almost immediately after I arrived. It took several hours when I
December 3, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “In life, as in chess, forethought wins.” —Charles Buxton BEFORE Filipino-American Grandmaster Wesley So’s (2741) head-turning victory over world chess champion Magnus Carlsen (2881) in the blitz playoff Champions Chess Tour Skilling Open on Cyber Monday (November 30), the world chess community was agog over John D. Rockefeller V’s
December 2, 2020