Public Lives

Standing up to words

To stand up to words means, first, to recognize the hidden agendas lurking behind harmless-sounding…

Interpreting Justice Leonen

If Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen had not been the author of…

Impeachment: Guarding boundaries

When the three branches of government — the executive, legislative, and judiciary — disagree over…

The myth of PH-US special relations

We have long nurtured the illusion that, because history once bound our fates, the United…

When the dead come online  

W aking up from a short afternoon nap the other day, I thought I had…

Online gambling and erosion of social checks

Every form of addiction implies a loss of control over one’s behavior. A responsible society…

The quiet rise of online gambling

In the heyday of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos), long before former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor…

Ironies in the Iran-Israel conflict

If we fail to view recent events in their historical and global context, we risk…

Is it time for a constitutional court?

Watching how the current Senate leadership tried to sidestep its constitutional duty to convene as…

Dangerous normalization of online gambling

Last Monday, June 9, nearly every broadsheet came wrapped in a loud, four-page promotional cover.…