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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…

Accountability in Senate ‘shooting’

Using CCTV footage solicited from several sources, the Department of the Interior and Local Government…

The loss of conscience and soul

Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Loren Legarda have been at the receiving end of…

Principle

The coalition of the charged—those actually charged, facing charges, or related by affinity to those…

Senate self-destruction

It took them decades to build the integrity of the Senate,” captions a collage of…