Try this—pause and really look at what is around you. Oil is probably part of many of those things, even if you do not think of it that way. It is in ...
The easiest applause line in politics is often the most dangerous one. Say “abolish the SK,” and many exhausted citizens will nod before the coffee co...
There is a small moment many Filipino teachers know too well. Payday comes, the salary credit notification arrives, and for a second, there is relief....
There is something quietly telling about a boxer who says, almost casually, that a highly anticipated rematch is “not actually a fight.” It sounds dif...
There are issues you cannot simply scroll past. You try. You read a headline, react quickly, and move on. But some stay with you—while having coffee, ...
Sometimes it begins quietly—a joke that exposes bias, a post that corrects a lie, a knee taken in silence. Entertainment may be the stage, but the lig...
A few years ago, I wrote about the “publish or perish” culture—the quiet pressure that pushes academics to keep producing, often at a pace that feels ...
This letter did not begin with me. A lawyer friend posted a “Dear Uncle” letter on Facebook late one night. It was light on the surface, but there was...
There was a time when you could tell a local home was alive even before you stepped inside. You would hear the kids first—running, shouting, laughing ...