“An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.”—John Updike NINETY percent of my past employers in New York were Jews. And most of them didn’t like TV host and actress Whoopi Goldberg. Not because she is a
February 3, 2022
“There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.”—Daniel Webster WHILE monitoring the Winter Storm Kenan in a Midtown Manhattan building on East 51st Street, we were greeted by a “flash” report Sunday (January 30) morning that a woman had leaped to her death from a Midtown high-rise,
February 1, 2022
“People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.”—Will Rogers IF we killed all the lawyers, as what William Shakespeare had “suggested” in Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2, no one would believe Rowena Guanzon, the fire-spewing outgoing Commission on Elections (Comelec)
January 31, 2022
“Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.”—Indira Gandhi NOW that the cat is out of the bag, only a miracle can probably save presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from being disqualified. In fact, anytime from now, it is feared the 64-year-old former senator’s goose
January 29, 2022
“A strong economy begins with a strong, well-educated workforce.”—Bill Owens IF billionaire former Senator Manuel Villar’s Advanced Media Broadcasting System, Inc. has lawfully acquired the channels previously assigned to ABS-CBN, we don’t see any hindrance for its operations to blast off soon. Lawfully means it must pass through the proper legal
January 28, 2022
“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.”—John F. Kennedy THE lousiest and most pathetic politicians, in my opinion, are those allergic to media, or the ones with jitters in one-on-one or “live” interviews. Either these politicians
January 27, 2022
By Alex P. Vidal “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”—Albert Einstein AFTER two years of being battered by Covid-19 that killed some 5.6 million people and infected at least 351 million people worldwide, some countries are reportedly beginning to recover from the pandemic. This
January 25, 2022
“We don’t go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.”—Helen Thomas I FIND it absurd and laughable for some critics to accuse journalists who write straight news and conduct one-on-one or group interviews to
January 24, 2022
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.”—John Wayne WE have actually tried to think positively even before the new year came, wishing that hopefully
January 22, 2022
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”—Isaac Asimov AS a daily commuter in New York City’s subway, I feel “safer” now even if close to a year ago, the video showing I was being verbally attacked by an emotionally—and, perhaps, mentally—disturbed male black passenger inside a running subway train went
January 21, 2022
“Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.”—Stephen Moyer THE chief sources of conflict and quarrel are always arrogance, greed, pride, hot temper, feeling superior or dominant, being irrational, and being insanely perfectionist. Relationships among political partymates, classmates, officemates, churchmates, among other
January 20, 2022
“This is how memories are made… by going with the flow.”—Amanda Bynes JOSHUA Alim, Danny Fajardo, Rommel Ynion, Restituto “Agent Kurantay” Jotis, Jr., Rene Monteclaro, Leo Dumagat, Armand Parcon, Marcos Villalon, Teddy Sumaray, Eddie Laczi, Tony Laniog, Bob Bacaling, Ernie Dayot, Fernando “Kapid” Gabio, Danny Baby Foz, Ben Palma, Lito Jimena,
January 19, 2022