Showing posts with label Ferdinand Marcos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ferdinand Marcos. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Deconstructing EDSA I

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    By his own admission, President Noynoy Aquino sought refuge in Cebu when his father, the late Senator Benigno Aquino II, was as...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Continuing history after Marcos

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    I recently read Raïssa Robles’ blog about the return of the Marcoses to power ( http://raissarobles.com/2014/02/09/stopping-the...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Neither EDSA I nor Tahrir Square

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      During the last leg of our trip last Thursday in picturesque Quebec’s Eastern Townships, we stopped at Domaine des Côtes d'...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Measuring greatness

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    In his book, King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership, University of Kentucky emeritus professor Arnold M. Lud...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The ghosts of martial law

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  Last year during the 39th anniversary of the declaration of martial law, Edwin Lacierda, the spokesperson of President Benigno Aquino II...
Friday, February 24, 2012

EDSA I is not a revolution

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We Filipinos love romance. We always love a story that ends well. That’s what EDSA I is to many of us, a revolution without bloodletting, ...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Corruption takes a backseat

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  The arrest of former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has caused an unnecessary public uproar, if not ambivalence. One side i...