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On current events and Philippine history.

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What I've been writing: Columns from March to May 2026

Let's catch up!

Recent holiday readings

Long-delayed but here goes

Taking a look twice at the same film

A video review and a reflection by way of an essay

Pictures, timelines, and readings

Context is everything when stepping back from fiction

Marcos' Huey Long Moment

Be Careful What You Dig For

Love (Racketeering), Philippines

A trifecta of racketeering, extortion, and scofflawing

Legislators behaving badly

My column this week suggests when the past consensus and former traditions are ignored, as is happening in the current impeachment, its a good sign members of institutions are behaving badly.

It Happened Last Night

The Senate Kicks the Can Back To The House

Manila's Political Paralysis

It amazes me the obvious questions haven't been asked

Midterms and Courtesy Resignations

What happens when presidents invoke traditions the public no longer recall