Gray Matters

Gunboat to bazooka diplomacy

Lately, I’ve been wondering how ready the Philippines is to handle the changing global order.…

Lipad, Pegaraw

From now until Feb. 17, which is the Lunar Chinese New Year, expect to find…

Spectacular silence

Capping 2025 and welcoming 2026, I ask my readers to bear with my being starstruck…

Advent’s stars

From my childhood, there was one landmark that always caught my eye as we crossed…

Dynasties and restorative justice

Advent this year suggests a reason for hope, with renewed antidynasty moves, and from younger…

Advent calendars

I can’t remember when Advent calendars became part of our family’s end-of-the-year traditions, but it…

Smaller but angrier

Sunday’s anticorruption rallies were smaller than the earlier ones, but I sensed they were angrier,…

Things happen

“Things happen” is an English expression meant to comfort oneself or other people, acknowledging that…

Health hijacked

One of the biggest fears Filipino families have is illness, to the point that one…

Solar SOS

If I could, I’d be crossing my fingers as I write this column because I…