An Uncomplicated Mind

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. George Orwell

Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts

Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Dissent and other voices

Did anyone notice the style of cause in the recent case wherein the Supreme Court has struck down certain provisions of the Aq...

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Deconstructing EDSA I

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

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Measuring greatness

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Mad against dynasties

We have been unbelievably seduced by democracy’s self-fulfilling prophecy that it will always prevail in the end. That during times of c...

Monday, September 17, 2012

America’s arrogance

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States has remained the last one standing among the world’s superpowers. The...

Friday, August 3, 2012

Manufacturing public opinion

Very often we are asked to have our say on matters of state policy, such as the ongoing consultations with the public by Citizenship and I...

Friday, February 24, 2012

EDSA I is not a revolution

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, ...

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