Gray Matters

Dirty wars

Following the horrors of the two world wars in the last century, we saw international…

Courage and comfort food

Comfort food” is one of the most iconic words of our times, said to be…

Holy Week and Eastertide 1521

You’ll recognize the year 1521, marking the arrival in the Philippines—the name was to come…

Discovering Magellan

Older Filipinos will remember Yoyoy Villame’s song, with a sticky tune and lyrics, poking fun…

Reparative marriage

For centuries many cultures have invoked tradition to force women (often, young girls) to marry…

Loving gene flow

For the road, one more heartfelt article for February, this one inspired by the usually…

Living longer and better

We live in complex times, most certainly if we are talking about health care. Dr.…

Unpeace and freedom of information

Friends have been asking me to elaborate more on the concept of “unpeace,” which I…

‘Libre’!

I have to admit the first month I signed up for Reddit, I nearly canceled…

From hot dogs to ‘asocena’

South Korea has made front-page headlines across the world with a new law that bans…