Gray Matters

Ceasefires

The story has been told many times over about one special night— Christmas Eve—in 1914,…

Only a yes means yes

It was encouraging to read that the Department of Justice and the University of the…

Democratic instincts

To start the new year on a happy note, I thought I’d write about how…

Hello 2025, bye alcohol

It’s the last day of the year, and many families and close friends are getting…

Fighting chance

A characteristic of a Filipino wake is the prolonged waiting period for relatives living overseas.…

The purse and the sword

The separation of powers in the main branches of government is a hallmark of democracies,…

Lawyers righting wrongs

It was heartening to read that the Integrated Bar of the Philippines has inaugurated the…

Punitive impunity

Punitive and impunity are opposites but the current prolonged “telenovelas” in the Congress of the…

Philippines’ seasons

It is always good to hear from fellow senior citizen readers. Custodio, who I had…

Dancing typhoons?

Four typhoons in the Pacific Ocean,” read the caption on a satellite photograph released by…