Public Lives

Overcoming political despair

When presented by opinion polls with the top choices for senators at next year’s midterm…

Fatigue and recuperation of the senses

For many of us in this predominantly Christian nation, Easter is a time for spiritual…

Can US institutions survive Trump II?

Americans who did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016 quickly recovered from the shock…

Politicians and pastors

Even in our largely pre-modern society, politicians and pastors normally observe a respectful line between…

A visit across time

This piece is not about time travel, though it may well be. It is, more…

Postscript to the Napoles ‘pork’ scam

The headlines of the major dailies the other day were about an incumbent senator’s simultaneous…

The ‘Edsa-pwera’ ad

As yesterday’s Inquirer editorial (“When a Cha-cha ad backfires”) aptly put it, the paid ad…

A lesson in collective survival

It took 18 precious minutes for Japan Airlines (JAL) Flight 516 to safely evacuate all…

The hopeful ‘Pinoy’

It is hard to believe that a people that have gone through some of the…

Going bananas

The other weekend, I went to visit an old friend’s organic farm with my brother…