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In aid of extortion

At first there were three. The first was by a lawyer no one even heard…

Philippine poverty: ‘It’s the state, stupid!’

It’s the economy, stupid,” former United States President Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign adviser, James…

Graduating without learning

Third grade is a critical turning point in a child’s education. It is widely recognized…

Caretaker politics

We are familiar with the idea of a caretaker government—an interim leadership that exists mainly…

The meaning of trump

The word “trump” has many meanings. In Webster’s New International Dictionary, second edition, unabridged, 1958,…

Badly needed: Urgency, resolve

A joke has been making the rounds of social media since Monday night. Roughly translated…

When politicians come to Jesus

During Monday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing, Sen. Erwin Tulfo was astounded to discover that…

Servant leadership personified

Countless people who knew or worked with Aniceto “Chito” Sobrepeña are still in shock and…

‘Big, bold reforms’ pushed

Last Friday, members of the Marcos administration’s economic team led by Finance Secretary Frederick Go…

The perils of American exceptionalism 

Over the eight decades since the end of the Second World War, an international order…