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The fugitive

The continuing “telenovela” of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa reminds me of the 1993 blockbuster…

Finally, a truth commission on the drug killings

We do not even know exactly how many were killed during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s…

Rating governance for history

Surveying public satisfaction with the president has been done by Social Weather Stations (SWS), regularly…

The balaclava-wearing fugitive

They found him at last, a remnant of the powerful man he used to be,…

Staggering absurdity

The horrors unfolding in that once august institution, the Senate, show no signs of abating.…

Critical thinking in a time of crybabies

In the early 2000s, I was interacting with other Filipino writers on online forums. One…

Watching the impeachment trial as citizens

The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is not only a trial of one…

Useful idiots

It’s been over a generation since lawmakers had to confront the possibility of being under…

The mystique of impunity

Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the former chief of the Philippine National Police under former…

Is national progress a sport?

Why do pundits never tire of complaining, “There was a time, long ago, when we…