Justice Sec. Raul Gonzales may be forgiven if he was just being tactless. But he was being obnoxiously tactless when he blamed the death of Julia Campbell, a US Peace Corp volunteer, on Julia herself. In trying to sound cocky or perhaps intellectual, he only managed to insult the sensibilities of both Americans and Filipinos, [...]

Many people I talk to express their unwillingnes to vote this coming election. Their common sentiment: there are no credible candidates. Same old trapos, same old sound bytes, same old unexciting personalities, same old agenda and that is to win the election and milk the country as quick and thorough as possible. For sure there [...]

If you’re taking notice of the political scene in the US, you’ve probably already come across the name, Barack Obama. If not, you might ask, who is he? Barack Obama is the junior United States senator from Illinois. He recently announced his intention to run for the US presidency and is currently number 2 in [...]

In a recorded clip shown in ABS-CBN, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada commented in the vernacular of actor Rudy Fernandez, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer: "He’s a good man. Why him? There are so many evil persons out there who deserve this more." My first thought: Like your father? Technorati Tags: jinggoy estrada, [...]