*SQEEEEEE* I’m a sucker for love stories. I admit it. Though I scan the movie stores for epics, war films, or bitter social critiques, I can’t help but look for the sappy films as Love Actually, The Wedding Singer, and Serendipity. It only takes a love ballad from a nearby radio, or an … Read more
Why the Philippines is not a Democracy
Why didn’t EDSA work? The formula was there: the military was agitating, the people were taking their grievances to the streets, and the priests were calling for an ouster. We felt we could make Arroyo bow down. However, she didn’t roll down like an obedient dog, and instead, she clamped down on civil liberties. What … Read more
The Age of Terror: Tactics (revised)
The Japanese campaign had taken a turn for the worse, with entire Japanese squads resorting to suicidal runs (the banzai charge) abd pilots crashing bomb-filled planes into American ships (kamikaze). This was not far from the jihadist crashing his TNT-filled truck or car into an American convoy…
Anti-Thesis: Why Revolution will not succeed in the Philippines
A year ago, the radical group Magdalo sought to oust the government again, by way of “ultimate acts of disobedience”. The fatal flaw of their actions was that they centered on a general, idealistic view of a revolution…
