“I am very talkative.”—Zareen Khan THERE is a saying that less talk, less mistake; no talk, no mistakes. The late mercurial former senator Roding Ganzon once said, “Less talk, less mistake; no talk wala utok (no brains).” Because he talked—and exposed himself in a video posted on social media—too much, gambling
March 25, 2022
“Those who imagine polygamy to be handy cover for promiscuity are apparently off the mark. If polygamists share one quality, it is that, polygamy aside, they are extraordinarily strait-laced.”—Molly Ivins WE know a lot of Christian husbands who embraced Islam not because they love the religion, but because they wanted to
March 24, 2022
“Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.”—Harriet Beecher Stowe IF not for those surveys showing Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “leading comfortably” over his closest rival, Vice President Leni Robredo, the only son of the late former Philippine President Ferdinand Sr. would be experiencing sleepless nights, if
March 22, 2022
“Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.”—Andre Maurois EVEN if we succeed in bringing the horse to water, there’s no guarantee it will drink. Or, as the exact quote says that even if we bring the horse
March 21, 2022
“We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.”—Tennessee Williams THERE is more than meets the eye in the recent yakety-yak of Senator Imee Marcos regarding the alleged breach of security in the Smartmatic, the provider of the automated elections system (AES) and vote-counting machines (VCMs) for
March 19, 2022
“Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.”—Eric Hoffer IF we don’t know how to trust the Commission on Elections (Comelec), we have no business participating in the normal electoral process, especially if our primary motive
March 18, 2022
“When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.”—William James MANUEL L. Quezon’s famous quote, “My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins” can’t be applied to Nacionalista Party (NP) stalwart and Iloilo second district Rep. Michael Gorriceta’s
March 17, 2022
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”—George Orwell WITH due respect and apology to the camps of other presidential candidates, it’s now getting crystal clear that the May 9, 2022 race may be a down-the-wire finish between Vice President Leni
March 16, 2022
“Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.”—Ulrich Beck WHILE some of us are busy monitoring—or participating—in the daily campaign activities of local and national candidates
March 15, 2022
“The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own.”—Aldous Huxley I AM probably one of the many Filipinos living abroad
March 14, 2022
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”—Mark Twain THE agony of local officials under pressure which presidential candidate to support with finality in the May 9, 2022 election may be far from over. Even if some of them have already openly declared support and commitment to a certain
March 12, 2022
“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.”—Denis Diderot WE’VE noticed that some Filipinos, including a few Ilonggos, who shockingly praised Vladimir Putin and gave “approval” to the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine, were the same characters who followed and have professed strong adherence to authoritarian leaders. They were the blind
March 11, 2022