Horizons

Can the opposition unify?

The man who chases two rabbits catches neither,” the great Chinese sage Confucius warned. That…

Have the Dutertes turned the tide?

They say that I was a terrible president of Cuba. That may be true. But…

Marcos, Marxism, and the Pink Movement 

Between consent and force stands corruption, which is characteristic of situations when it is hard…

Hijacking ‘People Power’ vs Marcoses 

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does…

Dutertes: The great ‘destabilizers’?

Ernest Hemingway memorably wrote in one of his novels: “How did you go bankrupt? Two…

Biggest winners, losers of 2024

Somewhere in one of his masterpieces, Gabriel Marquez writes about how “life obliges [people] over…

Dutertismo: Beginning of the end?

It turns out, Vice President Sara Duterte is, indeed, a poor copy of her father—a…

Do we need a revolution?

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen,” observed the…

Syria to South Korea: An age of uncertainty?

“Thanks brooooo. A dream has come true!” replied my Syrian friend, just hours after the…

Marcos Jr.: Machiavellian or meek?

What a difference a day or two can make in Philippine politics. During an ambush…