The Long View

Getting taken for a ride

Poised to sign the 2024 national budget, President Marcos intoned that “this budget is more…

To the brink and beyond

After the pandemic, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri abandoned showing his age and reverted to…

Up for grabs

Just as we Filipinos like to compliment ourselves for trailblazing people power, we have taken…

Government by opinion (3)

Sen. Imee Marcos, who has that smart person’s gift—the ability to give reporters a cutting…

Government by opinion

At first, the shock and awe in 2022, the centennial of our having a government…

Government by opinion

In 1922, the fundamental parameter that governs our national politics was established and has applied…

Down to the last bluff

Watching from abroad, Erin Cook who runs a highly readable Southeast-Asian-focused Substack newsletter, “Dari Mulut…

A discomforting realization about democracy

When I interviewed Maria Ressa last year for this year’s edition of the Fookien Times…