On Japan and the Japanese September 5, 2007 : Competing with Japan 2 August 29, 2007 : Competing with Japan? On Joma and the Communists January 7, 2009 : Joma Speaks December 17, 2008 : No Better Idea November 24, 2008 : Anachronistic July 25, 2007 : Extra-Judicial Blah June 13, 2007 : Their Perfect Society February 13, 2007 : Defeating the Communists III February 6, 2007 : Defeating the Communists II January 30, 2007 : Defeating the Communists November 14, 2006 : Hundreds of Years October 11, 2006 : Nuclear Kim September 4, 2006 : How Now, Brown Maos? (3) July 5, 2006 : Jose Maria Stalin June 28, 2006 : McCarthyists June 21, 2006 : Civil War? June 19, 2006 : Loving Political Agitators June 6, 2006 : Defeating the NPA May 30, 2006 : Who's Killing Whom? May 14, 2006 : Interviewing Communists March 21, 2006 : Republic of FUBAR March 7, 2006 : Marching with the Communists February 28, 2006 : A TIMEly Story Februrary 26, 2006 : Sleeping with the Communists January 15, 2006 : A New Magsaysay January 1, 2006 : 'Stinking Capitalist' November 15, 2005 : The Defeat of Revolution October 18, 2005 : Leftists and Communists July 24, 2005 : Truth and Justice? May 4, 2005 : How Now Brown Maos? April 13, 2005 : Military Take-Over? April 12, 2005 : Enemies of the State February 23, 2005 : Anti-Americanism February 22, 2005 : Yes to National ID July 23, 2003 : Rewarding Revolution May 29, 2003 : No Soul November 28, 2002 : How Now, Brown Maos? October 11, 2002 : Run, Joma, Run August 16, 2002 : Is Joma Sison a Terrorist? August 8, 2002 : Joma Sison Beats a Retreat July 25, 2002 : A Strong Republic May 23, 2002 : Real Scared of the Communists? On Joseph Estrada January 21, 2008 : 'Weep Like a Woman' November 7, 2007 : A Moral Alternative October 29, 2007 : Pardon My Plunder September 12, 2007 : Guilty August 6, 2007 : Kidnapped Pinoys atbp July 9, 2007 : Guilty or Not Guilty? November 19, 2006 : Gringo in Guinness January 15, 2006 : A New Magsaysay November 6, 2005 : Erap's Response September 25, 2005 : US Loves Erap? August 23, 2005 : Reconciliation for Survival June 14, 2005 : Replacing GMA January 18, 2005 : Erap's Second Coming September 17, 2003 : Erap's Fingerprints February 27, 2002 : Compassion, Justice and Forgiveness On Jose Pidal September 10, 2003 : Lacson's Duds August 20, 2003 : What If Gloria Resigns... On Juan Ponce Enrile Novemebr 19, 2008 : 'Coup de Chambre' On Jueteng June 1, 2005 : Nothing But Hearsay May 24, 2005 : Legalize Jueteng On Jun Lozada February 20, 2008 : 'She is Evil' February 18, 2008 : Neri-Jun is Right February 13, 2008: 'Neri was afraid...' February 11, 2008 : Jun Lozada, Reluctant Hero On Ang Kapatiran February 11, 2009 : Ang Kapatiran On Languages May 5, 2008 : Instead of Federalism On Lebanon and the Hezbollah August 23, 2006 : 1914 or 1938? August 14, 2006 : Bojinka Re-run August 7, 2006 : Cost Guard August 2, 2006 : World War III? July 23, 2006 : Hezbollah's Secret Weapon On Loren Legrada October 8, 2003 : Run, Gloria-Noli, Run On Malaysia and Mahathir October 24, 2007 : Malaysia's Success March 20, 2007 : How Not To Win June 28, 2006 : McCarthyists May 28, 2006 : GMA's Enchanted Kingdom October 6, 2004 : Emulating Mahathir On Manny Pacquiao May 7, 2009 : People's Champ Pacquiao On Marica July 14, 2006 : Marica On Metro Manila December 10, 2008 Consuelo's Stimulus July 9, 2008 : Two-Wheeled Alternatives April 27, 2005 : Billboard Jungle On the Middle Class November 26, 2006 : The Muddled East February 26, 2006 : Sleeping with the Communists February 21, 2006 : EDSA at 20 January 15, 2006 : A New Magsaysay August 16, 2005 : Military Intervention? August 2, 2005 : Romancing the Middle On the Middle East July 11, 2007 : Onward, Christian Soldiers! On Mike Arroyo December 15, 2008 : Diarrhea Dialogue December 8, 2008 : Diarrhea in the Air On Military Intervention December 10, 2007 : Anatomy of Failure December 5, 2007 : Why No One Came December 3, 2007 : Son of Oakwood March 7, 2006 : Marching with the Communists March 5, 2006 : SNAFU February 28, 2006 : A TIMEly Story August 16, 2005 : Military Intervention? July 19, 2005 : Military Dilemma July 17, 2005 : Maoist Sneak Preview Janury 28, 2004 : Provisional Governement November 5, 2003 : Quadrilateral Gridlock On Mindanao September 15, 2008 : Pax Americana II September 8, 2008 : Mindanao Peace or in Pieces? September 3, 2008 : Kosovo in Mindanao August 20, 2008 : Renegotiate August 18, 2003 : US Interests in Mindanao August 6, 2008 : Staring into the Abyss August 4, 2008 : The Lesser Evils July 28, 2008 : Mindanao Blackmail May 12, 2008 : Prelude to 2010 On Mindanao Independence August 28, 2005 : Mindanao Independence On the Minimum Wage January 7, 2007 : Minimum Wage as Weapon On Miriam Defensor-Santiago June 12, 2003 : And No Real Choices On Morality November 7, 2007 : A Moral Alternative April 15, 2007 : Sexual Morality 1 On Music August 20, 2007 : Elvis Who? July 23, 2007 : Concerts on DVD April 8, 2007 : Resurrection On Muslims and Islam November 26, 2007 : Gender Gaps September 12, 2006 : Fundamentalism February 19, 2006 : Europe in 2015 September 6, 2002 : Islam versus Christianity On Myanmar and the Myanmarese May 21, 2008 : Learning From Disasters On NAMFREL June 22, 2005 : Snap Elections or Revolution? June 8, 2005 : Cheating in 2004 August 12, 2004 : Namfrel and Fraud On the National ID April 23, 2006 : Unified ID Card March 8, 2005 : National ID and Fraud February 22, 2005 : Yes to National ID October 10, 2001 : National ID - Why Not? On National Pride May 21, 2006 : Next: Antartica On National Security September 27, 2005 : Our National Insecurity On Ninoy Aquino August 23, 2007 : Who Killed Ninoy? August 24, 2004 : Who Killed Ninoy? On Noli de Catsro February 25, 2008 : An Endgame Scenario October 8, 2003 : Run, Gloria-Noli, Run On North Korea October 11, 2006 : Nuclear Kim March 5, 2003 : Some Iraq Scenarios January 30, 2003 : War for Oil and Israel On the Oakwood Mutiny September 17, 2003 : Erap's Fingerprints July 30, 2003 : Idealism For Rent On OCWs January 16, 2008 : GMA's Successes August 6, 2007 : Kidnapped Pinoys atbp On the Olympics August 25, 2008 : Winners and Losers August 11, 2008 : Go, Beijing, Go! April 21, 2008 : Manipulating Tibet April 7, 2008 : Free Tibet...later On Pakistan and the Pakistanis Nvember 19, 2007 : If Pakistan Collapses August 15, 2007 : PAKStan into Pakistan On Pampanga August 27, 2007 : Fr. Ed's Pampanga On the Parliamentary System September 23, 2006 : ChaCha Charade August 28, 2006 : No to ChaCha April 4, 2006 : Railroading Chacha January 17, 2006 : FVR Blinked July 31, 2005 : FVR's Solution September 24, 2003 : Transition to What? January 22, 2003 : Parliamentary Objections January 2, 2003 : 2003 - Best and Worst Scenarios December 11, 2002 : Chacha : Shall We Dance November 7, 2002 : What Is To Be Done? On the Philippine Business Environment December 13, 2005 : An Expat's Lament On the Philippine Electoral Process March 25, 2009 : Second-Round Vote June 18, 2008 : Self-Promotion May 19, 2008 : Electoral Reforms February 6, 2008 : Why Only Now? November 14, 2007 : Snappier Elections November 4, 2007 : Snapped Elections March 11, 2007 : Postpone the Elections February 20, 2007 : Our American Heritage February 11, 2007 : An Idiot Nation January 22, 2006 : Readers' Reactions January 17, 2006 : FVR Blinked June 28, 2005 : Sorry Is Not Enough June 22, 2005 : Snap Elections or Revolution? June 8, 2005 : Cheating in 2004 January 28, 2004 : Provisional Government On Philippine Liberal Democracy March 9, 2009 : Justice in SloMo March 25, 2009 : Second-Round Vote February 11, 2009 : Ang Kapatiran February 2, 2009 : Vultures 'R' Us March 5, 2008 : New Order 2 March 3, 2008 : New Order February 27, 2008 : Revolutionary Junta February 13, 2008 : 'Neri was afraid...' November 21, 2007 : Pauperized by Politicians November 7, 2007 : A Moral Alternative May 23, 2007 : Rule of Lawyers May 20, 2007 : GMA Lost May 16, 2007 : The Trillanes Tsunami May 8, 2007 : Boycott! May 6, 2007 : Dynastic Politics April 29, 2007 : GAGO versus TUTA April 24, 2007 : Family Business March 20, 2007 : How Not To Win March 18, 2007 : From GO to GAGO March 11, 2007 : Postpone the Elections March 6, 2007 : Wash Sycip Asks February 13, 2007 : Defeating the Communists III February 11, 2007 : An Idiot Nation February 4, 2007 : Idiot Candidates January 14, 2007 : The Ermita Doctrine August 19, 2006 : Meloto for President August 9, 2006 : Secret Dialogues June 28, 2006 : McCarthyists June 26, 2006 : One Burgis Voice June 21, 2006 : Civil War? June 19, 2006 : Loving Political Agitators June 13, 2006 : Freedom from Mediocrity March 28, 2006 : GMA Forever? March 21, 2006 : Republic of FUBAR March 14, 2006 : Freedom of Depress March 5, 2006 : SNAFU November 15, 2005 : The Defeat of Revolution July 10, 2205 : Opting for Mediocrity July 5, 2005 : Creating an Alternative June 15, 2005 : Can GMA Recover? May 10, 2005 : But How? March 29, 2005 : Abat's Revolutionary Junta December 28, 2004 : Neither Trapo nor Communist December 7, 2004 : Benevolent Dictator November 30, 2004 : Authoritarian Rule September 16, 2004 : Leadership Crisis January 28, 2004 : Provisional Government February 12, 2004 : Close Encounters with the Immortal Kind January 7, 2004 : Orgy of the Trapos September 24, 2003 : Transition to What? June 5, 2003 : No Brains Either May 29, 2003 : No Soul December 15, 2002 : Even Raul Roco Would Fail August 1, 2002 : The Dilemma of Liberalism July 25, 2002 : A Strong Republic July 5, 2002 : Once again, unhappy with democracy June 11, 2002 : Born on the Twelfth of June May 8, 2002 : Disenchanted with Democracy May 1, 2002 : Pagbabago, Ngayon Na! (Or Kami Naman!) April 24, 2002 : Collective Leadership means Junta March 13, 2002 : Failure of Liberal Democracy December 12, 2001 : 2001 - Have We Learned Anything? On Philippine Media October 18, 2006 : Foreign-Owned Media May 14, 2006 : Interviewing Communists March 14, 2006 : Freedom of Depress November 15, 2005 : The Defeat of Revolution October 18, 2005 : Leftists and Communists November 14, 2002 : Sweet Bird of Youth October 25, 2002 : Good News versus Bad News On the Philippine Military July 19, 2006 : One Brave Man March 7, 2006 : Marching with the Communists March 5, 2006 : SNAFU February 28, 2006 : A TIMEly Story ]January 29, 2006 : Magdalo and Marianito October 16, 2005 : Military Demoralization 2 October 4, 2005 : Military Demoralization August 16, 2005 : Military Intervention? July 19, 2005 : Military Dilemmma July 17, 2005 : Maoist Sneak Preview On the Philippine Political Economy December 17, 2008 : No Better Idea November 26, 2008 : Anachronistic, Part II November 24, 2008 : Anachronistic April 28, 2008 : Federal Fol-de-rol February 4, 2008 : Roosevelt or Hitler? January 16, 2008 : GMA's Successes November 21, 2007 : Pauperized by Politicians October 10, 2007 : 25 to One? September 5, 2007 : Competing with Japan 2 September 3, 2007 : Is It For Real? August 29, 2007 : Competing with Japan? July 30, 2007 : Strong Peso Hurts July 2, 2007 : What's She Smoking? June 4, 2007 : Hooray for 6.9% March 4, 2007 : As I Was Saying February 18, 2007 : Seize the Moment November 1, 2006 : First World by 2020? May 1, 2006 : Labor Pains November 13, 2005 : The Anatomy of Failure November 8, 2005 : The Failure of Revolution February 15, 2005 : Democratic Solutions, 2 February 8, 2005 : Democratic Solutions January 25, 2005 : Hope December 14, 2004 : Why Are We Poor? November 7, 2002 : What Is To Be Done? September 19, 2002 : Where We Are Headed May 16, 2002 : The Human Face of Despair April 19, 2002 : Losing the Export Battles March 15, 2002 : How the Philippines Got Left Behind, Part II November 13, 2001 : How the Philippines Got Left Behind, Part I November 6, 2001 : In Defense of the Much-Maligned Elite On Philippine Sovereignty March 10, 2008 : Spratlys treason? January 28, 2007 : Batanes is Taiiwanese? On Philippine Sports July 2, 2008 : Champions December 4, 2005 : Thailand's Sour Grapes September 2, 2004 : Olympic Afterglow August 17, 2004 : What Happened To Us? On Philippine-US Relations March 30, 2009 : Philippine-US Relations On Ping Lacson September 13, 2005 : The FBI Squeeze August 7, 2005 : The Sicilians of Asia? December 3, 2003 : Todas Ka, Pilipinas! September 10, 2003 : Lacson's Duds August 20, 2003 : What If Gloria Resigns... June 20, 2003 : Crossroads in 2004 May 15, 2003 : No Dancing For Ping December 4, 2002 : Round One to Ping Lacson September 12, 2002 : Thinking the Unthinkable October 29, 2001 : Coups and Rumours of Coup September 10, 2001 : Who is Most Likely to Mount a Coup? September 4, 2001 : Lacson's Word against the FBI's August 28, 2001 : Is Kim Wong Hiding Something? August 22, 2001 : Alice in Wonderland December 12, 2000 : PNP: Ping Next President? On Political Dynasties May 6, 2007 : Dynastic Politics April 24, 2007 : Family Business On Pollution November 14, 2006 : Hundreds of Years February 1, 2005 : Car-less Days On Pope John Paul II and Other Popes April 20, 2005 : The Last Popes? April 5, 2005 : The Other Pope John Paul II On Population July 30, 2008 : Artificial Methods of Debate July 16, 2008 : Lucky and Amoral? Apri 14, 2008 : Too Many People May 13, 2007 : Pro Any Life April 17, 2007 : Sexual Moality 2 April 15, 2007 : Sexual Morality 1 November 28, 2006 : 205 Billion Pinoys November 14, 2006 : Hundreds of Years November 15, 2005 : The Defeat of Revolution March 30, 2005 : Population Boom or Broom? October 19, 2004 : The Panic Button September 1, 2004 : Anim, Pito, Walo - Patay si Angelo August 12, 2004 : Tatlo, Apat, Lima - Laspag na ang Ina August 4, 2004 ; Isa, Dalawa, Tama Na! September 27, 2002 : The Statistics of Despair September 19, 2002 : Where We Are Headed On Poverty June 2, 2008 : Desperate Housewife April 30, 2008 : P500 per Vote November 12, 2007 : The Face of Poverty August 12, 2007 : Jobless in Colombia March 27, 2007 : Let Them Eat Statistics On Prayers and Nation - Building November 28, 2007 : Divine Intervention January 29, 2006 : Magdalo and Marianito November 16, 2004 : Spiritual Revolution August 7, 2003 : The Droppings of a Flea On the Project for the New American Century August 6, 2007 : Kidnapped Pinoys atbp January 3, 2006 : Uncle Dick and Ate Glo December 20, 2005 : Uncle Dick and Lolo Abat February 16, 2005 : Iraq and a Hard Place September 7, 2004 : Uncle Dick and the PNAC October 15, 2003 : Understading Bush On Raul Roco Janury 14, 2004 : Can Roco Beat FPJ? December 3, 2003 : Todas Ka, Pilipinas! October 22, 2003 : Roco as Alternatives December 15, 2002 : Even Raul Roco Would Fail On Religion July 30, 2008 : Artificial Methods of Debate May 28, 2008 : Life on Mars November 28, 2007 : Divine Intervention September 10, 2007 : The God of Silence July 16, 2007 : Staying Celibate April 15, 2007 : Sexual Morality 1 April 10, 2007 : God's Chosen Doormat October 9, 2006 : Religious Wars September 18, 2006 : Papal Bull May 16, 2006 : Ignoring 'Da Vinci' April 11, 2006 : Cafeteria Catholicism April 9, 2006 : Judas Iscariot: Hero? March 23, 2005 : So Where Was God? March 9, 2005 : Corruption and Religion December 24, 2003 : The Religious Vote On Renato de Villa September 11, 2005 : Devill's Advocate September 6, 2005 : Devil as Caretaker On Revolution January 19, 2009 : President Puno? January 7, 2009 : Joma Speaks February 27, 2008 : Revolutionary Junta November 14, 2007 : Snappier Elections November 4, 2007 : Snapped Elections June 26, 2006 : One Burgis Voice March 26, 2006 : Illegal Revolutions March 19, 2006 : Revolutionary Governments December 20, 2005 : Uncle Dick and Lolo Abat November 22, 2005 : Gunfight at OK Corral October 9, 2005 : How Not To Topple GMA September 11, 2005 : Devill's Advocate September 6, 2005 : Devil as Caretaker August 2, 2005 : Romancing the Middle July 24, 2005 : Truth and Justice? July 19, 2005 : Military Dilemma July 17, 2005 : Maoist Sneak Preview July 12, 2005 : Caretaker Government July 5, 2005 : Creating an Alternative June 14, 2005 : Replacing GMA June 7, 2005 : Junta? Maybe. Erap? No May 10, 2005 : But How? May 3, 2005 : Coup Plot It Wasn't March 29, 2005 : Abat's Revolutionary Junta March 1, 2005 : The Incredible Shrinking Edsa Crowd November 23, 2004 : But We Need a Revolution November 16, 2004 : Spiritual Revolution November 26, 2003 : Reconciliation or Revolution? September 3, 2003 : Leading a Revolution March 12, 2003 : People Power Goes Pffft! February 9, 2003 : GMA Revolution Stalling January 15, 2003 : Gloria Revolucionaria? February 21, 2002 : Another Revolution That Wasn't February 14, 2002 : The Revolution That Never Was January 23, 2002 : Gloria Lavandera? O Gloria Revolucionaria? January 15, 2002 : The Politics of Revolution January 10, 2002 : Revolutionary Government: why not? On Russia and the Russians December 5, 2006 : Polonium 210 On Reynato Puno January 19, 2009 : President Puno? On Science and Technology September 10, 2008 : The God Particle May 28, 2008 : Life on Mars January 28, 2008 : More Contrarian Voices January 23, 2008 : Contrarian Voices August 14, 2005 : Learn from Iceland January 12, 2005 : Send in the Clones December 26, 2004 : Hydrogen Economy On Singapore September 29, 2008 : Deeper in Corrution June 28, 2006 : McCarthyists August 30, 2005 : Ferreting Out the Truth March 15, 2005 : Corruption and Singapore On Smuggling May 26, 2008 : Combating Smuggling August 12, 2007 : Jobless in Colombia On South Korea and the Koreans November 26, 2003 : Reconciliation or Revolution? On Stupidity March 3, 2004 : National Stupidity Index October 21, 2001 : GMA-7 Saksi sa Kagaguhan? On Suppression October 1, 2007 : Mystery Solved Septeber 24, 2007 : Figure This Out On the Supreme Court April 2, 2008 : Corruption Unlimited April 25, 2006 : Supreme Court Liberalism April 23, 2006 : Unified ID Card On Susan Roces June 29, 2005 : Fire-Breathing Susan December 19, 2004: President Susan Roces? On Taxes February 2, 2005 : Corruption and Taxes On Terrorism and Bin Laden December 3, 2008 : What about Gandhi? September 10, 2006 : Revisiting 9/11 August 14, 2006 : Bojinka Re-run November 16, 2004 : Next: The Dirty Bomb? September 21, 2004 : War on Terrorism August 5, 2004 : Osama and Jesus April 2, 2003 : Decapitation March 5, 2003 : Some Iraq Scenarios October 29, 2002 : Are The British Next? December 18, 2001 : 2002 - What's in Store, Perhaps On Terrorism in the Philippines October 22, 2007 : Glorietta LPG Blast? August 1, 2007 : Human Insecurity July 18, 2007 : Human Security Suggestions On Thailand and the Thais December 4, 2005 : Thailand's Sour Grapes On Tibet and the Tibetans April 21, 2008 : Manipulating Tibet April 7, 2008 : Free Tibet...later On Tourism January 22, 2006 : Readers' Reactions Decmber 11, 2005 : Missing Out in Tourism July 29, 2004 : Music and Travel July 8, 2004 : Wow, Philippines! April 24, 2003 : SARS Could Kill Millions On Traffic Management and Railways April 27, 2009 : My Space : No Common Sense December 10, 2008 : Consuelo's Stimulus November 27, 2005 : Villamor-Boni Torture March 9, 2005 : MMDA Wins Some February 9, 2005 : Pasig River Ferry February 1, 2005 : Car-less Days January 19, 2005 : Subway under the Pasig? November 24, 2004 : The Vanishing South Rail November 10, 2004 : MMDA's Bus Terminal September 30, 2004 : Dumb and Dumber September 9, 2004 : North Rail, Finally October 1, 2003 : Trams versus Traffic On Travel June 4, 2009 : Letter from Alaska January 5, 2009 : Letter from Hong Kong October 28, 2008 : Letter from Paris October 16, 2008 : Letter from London October 4, 2006 : Awed by Angkor September 26, 2006 : Vietnam Pilgrimage August 21, 2006 : Arpanet and Google July 3, 2006 : Bless You, Kalamazoo November 20, 2005 : My Aubervilliers On the United Arab Emirates April 20, 2009 : Why Dubai, Inday? On the US 2004 Elections November 9, 2004 : What Moral Values? November 3, 2004 : Osama Spooked the US On the US in the Philippines September 15, 2008 : Pax Americana II September 3, 2008 : Kosovo in Mindanao August 18, 2008 : US Interests in Mindanao May 23, 2006 : Spy vs Spy vs Spy July 9, 2002 : The Philippines: an American Colony? June 6, 2002 : Why the Americans are in Basilan and Sulu February 7, 2002 : Is it Abu Zedung They're Eyeing? On Vietnam and the Vietnamese November 21, 2006 : Vietnam Surges Ahead November 12, 2006 : America's Good Sense November 5, 2006 : Iraq and Vietnam September 26, 2006 : Vietnam Pilgrimage December 6, 2005 : Here Comes Vietnam March 19, 2003 : Biggest Losers in Iraq On Virgilio Garcillano November 29, 2005 : Heeeeeere's Garcii August 30, 2005 : Ferreting Out the Truth August 21, 2005 : Garci's Vanishing Act On Weapons of Mass Destruction March 26, 2003 : Weapons of Mass Distraction On Wire-tapping October 1, 2007 : Mystery Solved September 24, 2007 : Figure This Out On the World Cup June 20, 2002 : World cop? What world cop? On the World Trade Center and 9/11 September 10, 2006 : Revisiting 9/11 May 30, 2002 : World Trade Center Revisited December 18, 2001 : 2002 - What's in Store, Perhaps September 14, 2001 : More Cost-Effective than Pearl Harbor On World War II January 21, 2009 : Israel's Worst Nightmare February 25, 2007 : Casualties of War On Xenophobia June 9, 2008 : 'Get out of the coountry!' On the Youth May 1, 2007 : Young Voices |
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