“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.”— Pythagoras THE title of this article can best describe what any normal American can grotesquely feel and express
May 26, 2022
“This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.”—Earl Wilson OF all the not-so-earthshaking-but-head turner news that spread around the globe these past weeks, none was more shimmering and toffee-nosed as the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard l’affaire. News of the
May 25, 2022
“When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.”—Pat Riley IN any competition, we must always expect the unexpected; anticipate a possible upset and a lopsided contest—and if defeat is inevitable, be prepared to walk in the boulevard of
May 24, 2022
“The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it.”—Kary Mullis HARDLY had the humanity recovered from the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, we are again being vexed by a mysterious virus called monkeypox. Is humanity being held hostage by a greedy corporate
May 23, 2022
“When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.”—Alan Paton THE two successive election defeats incurred by former Iloilo City Mayor Jose “Joe III” Espinosa III in 2019 and 2022 were a bitter pill to swallow for a highly regarded public servant with a sterling track record.
May 21, 2022
“Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.”—Dick Gregory FRESH from being reelected, Iloilo first district Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin’s first publicity stunt was to rekindle the bad memory that gave the Ilonggos, especially the Guimarasnons,
May 20, 2022
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”—C. S. Lewis I HAD fond memories of Buffalo more than a decade ago. I first arrived in this rain-drenched upstate community known as the City of Good Neighbors at 2 o’clock in the morning in a lung-busting land trip from
May 16, 2022
“Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.”—George Eliot I TRULY care for my country, but I have nothing concrete to say yet as regards the controversial outcome of the May 9 presidential election unless there are pieces of evidence that will
May 14, 2022
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”—Napoleon Bonaparte THOSE who make politics as main livelihood will always end up in grief and anxiety if they can’t sustain the momentum that brought them in that “profession.” In order to “survive” in life they must win in every election; victory is a must.
May 13, 2022
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” – KaluKalu FIVE years before Martin Luther was to begin to shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church, the great Renaissance painter and humanist Michelangelo had
May 11, 2022
“Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.”—Wilt Chamberlain WE have always heard of an abundance of ancient and modern stories about Goliath taking a terrible beating from diminutive David in any competition that glorifies the spirit of the underdog, or highlights the success of a palooka over a physically superior
May 10, 2022
“There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.”—Herman Melville SOME Filipino politicians will prevail in the May 9 Philippine election not because of their competence and excellent track records. It’s because of their popularity and notoriety; they
May 9, 2022
