No Free Lunch

Failed agriculture, failed state

I’m convinced that our failures as a nation largely trace back to failures in agriculture.…

Salvaging our future

The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EdCom II) has released its year two report entitled…

Agriculture and the young

We’ve all heard the lament that young Filipinos are no longer interested in agriculture and…

Is revolution the answer?

It’s hard not to get a sinking feeling about our country at a time when…

Looking back, looking ahead

The Romans named the first month of the year after Janus, the mythological god of…

What’s in store for 2025?

Cloudy crystal balls” was the title of an article I wrote in early 2020, which…

Loving as a living

Why are Filipino workers so kind and giving?” the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain once…

Why interest rates are of interest

I’ve long asserted that to the ordinary Filipino, only three things about our economy are…

Curbing corruption

I recently wrote on how corruption has gotten so bad that it seems already accepted…

Trump and our economy

I’ve deliberately held back on writing on how Donald Trump’s election victory in the United…