Gray Matters

Precepts and commandments

I was educated in Catholic schools most of my life, all the way up to…

Heritage schools in malls

We all know about schools sponsoring annual fairs combining characteristics of theme parks, tiangge (bazaars),…

Z-aspirations, Z-asperations 

When I did my column last week (see “Gen Z fever,” 10/14/25) about the increasingly…

Gen Z fever

In many countries, including the Philippines, there’s a tendency for older people to complain that…

Jane Goodall from beyond

Jane Goodall, the world’s most famous primatologist, died last Oct. 1 and has been eulogized…

Sanctuaries

I was stunned by the headlines in American media this Monday morning, the breaking news…

Lying and stealing

I come from a generation of Filipinos who grew up learning about Mother America as…

Birthday ghosts?

What a month it’s been, with people asking me about the day of the Hungry…

Multilingualism

I was asked recently to help redirect a K-10 (kindergarten to Grade 10) school, with…

Finger on the dike

Some of you may have heard about a brave Dutch boy who saved Haarlem, a…