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“BE” attitudes

The story is told about a proud lion who visited a tiny mouse. “Hey, mouse,…

Billiards, a lifetime sport

Billiards is one of my two lifetime sports; the other is poker, on which I…

Fit for mass crimes, fit for trial

Perhaps the popular saying “You cannot have your cake and eat it too” could apply…

State-sponsored violence in the US

Even from the point of view of a Third World country that is used to…

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…