“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” —Bo Bennett IF you lost in the recent elections, please refrain from justifying the defeat by parroting the oft-repeated declaration, “Now, I have more time for my family” or “it’s a blessing in disguise because I can now
May 15, 2025
“This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.”—Pope Francis America now has two of the most powerful leaders in the world:
May 10, 2025
“There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.” –Herman Melville POLITICIANS have not been popular in history even if some of them were good (we didn’t say honest). Either they were considered as liabilities or merchants of
May 9, 2025
“An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.” –Albert Einstein IT’S too late now for some candidates—both local and national—to fire or distance themselves from incompetent and harmful political advisers with barely days to go before the May 12, 2025 Philippine election. They would be hounded by a question of “why
May 8, 2025
“Listen, do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?” —The Beatles in a 1963 song, Do You Want To Know A Secret ANYONE can actually win in the Philippine election on May 12, 2025. Anybody—rich or poor, educated and uneducated, marginalized or not, married or single,
May 7, 2025
“For me, your real age is not the age on your ID. That’s just a date when you were born.” —Jose Mourinho WE were neither surprised nor irritated when constantly badgered by fellow Filipinos living in the United States if “may Real ID ka na ba?” (Do you have a Real ID?)
May 6, 2025
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” — Abraham Lincoln LET’S be careful when lambasting others and destroying their reputations only because of election rivalries. It’s normal to have arguments and disagreements on certain issues. It’s normal to poke fun at comical errors and imperfections, as
May 5, 2025
“The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.” —Lois McMaster Bujold SINCE it is election season, some people might think former Publishers Association of the Philippines Incorporated (PAPI) board chairman Johnny “Juan” Dayang, 89, was murdered in his Barangay Andagao residence
May 3, 2025
“Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.” —E. B. White ARMED only with “faith in God”, skills and experience in the farm in his childhood, the story of Alex Soqueña can be considered a combination of the conquests of Orpheus, Artemis, and Odysseus, all skillful and
May 1, 2025
“Don’t flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. IT’S normal to be nervous and anxious for all those involved in the campaign
April 30, 2025
“A tragedy need not have blood and death; it’s enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.” —Jean Racine WILL the truth come out, or it will be “swept under the rug” so as not to alarm the peace-loving people of Canada? According to
April 29, 2025
“My father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that’s what has really happened to me. When I have helped other people who are in need, God has helped me more.” — Cristiano Ronaldo IF you happen to barge inside a huge warehouse
April 28, 2025