“I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.”—C. S. Lewis IF Filipinos will make the mistake of electing a bad leader in next year’s presidential election, they will suffer in six years
December 3, 2021
“At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.”—Gore Vidal NOBODY knows Filipino pastor Apollo Quiboloy in Africa, where the Omicron Covid-19 variant was reportedly first detected. Thus, it is not true that the latest Covid-19 variant that has threatened to torment people around the world
December 2, 2021
“I have no idea why people want to watch puppets be the slightly meaner version of the weirdo holding them. It’s beyond my comprehension.”—Daniel Tosh IF you are annoyed by the recent acrobatics and screenplays of Senators Bong Go and Bato Dela Rosa in the presidential race, it’s because their political
December 1, 2021
“Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician’s aide engaged in heart surgery.”—Andrew Lo BECAUSE of recent developments, I need to communicate with all of you right now with absolute urgency and dispatch while I am still
November 29, 2021
“It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade.”—Erno Rubik PARDON me for being a child again, but I was among the thousands of excited and screaming spectators who watched and welcomed back the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with open arms, and under picture-perfect skies, as the iconic march returned for
November 27, 2021
“For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?”—Jesus Christ GOD doesn’t tolerate foolishness even if you’re a lunatic who claims to have a “kinship” with the Creator. In fact, if Jesus Christ can only untangle himself from the cross,
November 26, 2021
“If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life.” —Mike Ditka I HAVE seen many parades these past years in Vancouver, Toronto, California, Washington DC, Texas, but nothing could match New York City’s annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a United States tradition that really draws spectators from around
November 25, 2021
“I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can’t.”—Stipe Miocic IN American pop culture, my name is being lionized by both the young and old. Fans love everything I wear, including my pink hair, pink lipstick, and the pink ribbons strapped
November 24, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.” —Robertson Davies FOR those of you who aren’t familiar with me, in our family, they call me Bongit, not Bongbong. There are associates and familiar characters who address me as Bongbong, but I’m still known as Bongit to most of them. It’s
November 23, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard-earned savings of ordinary people.” – Cyril Ramaphosa WE will not anymore add insult to the injury of former Iloilo second district
November 22, 2021
“Misinformation or distrust of vaccines can be like a contagion that can spread as fast as measles.”—Theresa Tam A STRANGE fever hit me hours after I took my COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNtech booster shot from Walgreens in Jackson Heights, Queens on Monday (November 15). I initially refused to believe it had something to
November 19, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Three groups spend other people’s money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.”—Dick Armey THE biggest event in the past 78 hours that attracted huge national media coverage in the Philippines was the gathering of thieves, hypocrites and plunderers in a lavish wedding ceremony in Luzon. The grand reunion was orchestrated
November 13, 2021