The ad hominem habit
There was a moment during the recent Senate tensions when the debate suddenly stopped being about rules, quorum, online voting, or constitutional proc...
Herman M. LagonMay 30, 20266 min
IMPULSES
There was a moment during the recent Senate tensions when the debate suddenly stopped being about rules, quorum, online voting, or constitutional proc...
There is a different kind of silence settling across many campuses lately. Not the calm silence before classes start. Not the sleepy quiet of librarie...
There was something almost cinematic about that Senate walkout Tuesday night. Not cinematic in the polished Netflix sense, but in the very Filipino wa...
Knowing the difference between empathy, sympathy, and apathy has quiet power. These three emotional reactions help us to respond to the suffering of o...
You might not spot them right away. They are rarely the ones in tailored suits or hogging the mic. In a world loud with image and ego, the real leader...
A few nights ago, I posted a question online that sounded half-sarcastic, half-exhausted: “What do you call a person who, after everything is said and...
You don’t need to be a historian to know that names carry meaning. Some names build bridges. Others burn them. Most slip into our lives unnoticed—in m...
A public school teacher posts online about students squeezing themselves under a single electric fan during the peak of summer heat. A government nurs...
One quiet tragedy in today’s political culture is how difficult sensible disagreement has become online. Public discussions online have become harder ...