“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”—Pablo Picasso I SPENT my Labor Day on September 5 at the Neue Galerie New York, a museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design located in the William Starr Miller House at 86th Street and
September 7, 2022
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. I STRONGLY recommend To Kill a Mockingbird to all aspiring lawyers, social scientists, politicians, and journalists. Since the concept of justice is presented in this novel written by Harper Lee as an antidote to racial prejudice, we found
September 6, 2022
“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.” –Swami Vivekananda TO begin with, do we trust atheist Friedrich Nietzsche? If yes, let’s continue. If no, let’s stop reading. If in doubt we may ignore this article or just shrug it off. This controversial German philosopher who reportedly went insane
September 5, 2022
“Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.”—Warren Buffett I HAVE been asked many times by some Filipinos visiting New York City why they couldn’t immediately locate the historic New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building when
September 3, 2022
“You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We’re always told what’s beautiful and what’s not, and that’s not right.”—Serena Williams I WROTE two weeks ago I would miss the opening day of the 2022 US Open in Flushing, Queens on August 29
September 2, 2022
“I don’t think there’s ever a winner in a feud. It’s about emotional pain and an inability to conquer the pain.”—Ryan Murphy WHEN cabinet secretaries who work under and for the Office of the President intend to showboat and tell all and sundry they are made of sterner stuff, they pick
August 26, 2022
“Death by plane crash scares me. I travel a lot, and when you hit turbulence, and post 9/11, that’s in the back of my mind a bit.”—Robert Englund TWO months after the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City’s Twin Towers in 2001, a commercial plane carrying 260 people crashed in
August 24, 2022
“Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.”—Gore Vidal IF health authorities will require us all to have a vaccine for Monkeypox, time to suspect it’s
August 23, 2022
“Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.” —Sai Baba AS we age we become conscious of the food we eat primarily because of health reasons. According to a dietician, we are the
August 22, 2022
“A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.” —Jonathan Swift WE have been reminded that money is not evil per se, or possession of money is not really evil. The want to have money for specific reasons and purposes can’t and should not be considered
August 20, 2022
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.” – Benjamin Franklin MY late father once brought me to a popular movie house on J.M. Basa St. in Iloilo City, Philippines sometime in 1975 to watch “Diamonds Are Forever”, a James Bond film starring Sean Connery.
August 19, 2022
“At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.”—Jodi Rell I CAN confirm with absolute truthfulness that Starbucks has started modifying its open-bathroom policy that allowed anyone—including non-customers—to use the restroom at its stores. I’m talking only of the Starbucks in the United States. I have no
August 17, 2022
