My column today looks at the affidavit presented to the House yesterday and why it goes beyond the usual unsubstantiated claims.

My column today looks at the next problem requiring cooperation and forward thinking: the climate going into next year.

My column today looks at a quiet advantage big business and organized developers and homeowners have.

My column today is on politics and fandoms: unlike political parties globally in crisis, they are positive in orientation, self-organized and thus, self-activating, so primed for civic action.

My column today is on the Army--BTS' that is.

My column today is the President's dislike for drama and how fear of the public has abated among the political class.

My column today continues my series on the Spratleys and our Jeckyll-and-Hyde attitude to international matters: as a responsible member of the family of nations, and as buccaneering adventurers with imperial delusions.

Today begins a series on the Spratleys and our Jeckyll-and-Hyde attitude to international matters: as a responsible member of the family of nations, and as buccaneering adventurers with imperial delusions.

My column today on how, the more you look at it, the more necessary and frantic the foiled Senate coup had to have been for those who attempted it. Will failure mean jail or getting off the hook, remains to be seen.

Today's column asks why Cabinet members are trying to hog the headlines when it leads to bigger problems for the more amateurish among them. There's a strategy at play, that's why.

My column today looks at the DICT again. Somehow one expects greater circumspection and deliberateness from an ICT-mandated organization.

Why communist leaders purge their generals

My column today is on how what Congress and the public have failed to do for 30 years --amend the Constititution-- the Supreme Court has done repeatedly. This gave an opening for a Marcosian legal approach to impeachment: rules that exist to be circumvented.

AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect.

Anbd you thought the era of the troll and bot was bad.

My column today reflects on Randy David's categorizing the administration as a "caretaker." I suggest it's not the first to be a tread-water kind of government.

How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force

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Face to Face With Jacques-Louis David, History’s Most Dangerous Painter Jacques-Louis David, artist and politician of the French Revolution, has beguiled our critic Jason Farago for years — and scared him, too. Let him show you why.

Face to Face With History’s Most Dangerous Painter www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Manhunt for Filipino Gaming Kingpin Finally Under Way 68-year-old may already have fled the country

Manhunt for Filipino Gaming Kingpin Finally Under Way
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My column today looks at the unexplainable: factors rationally irrelevant but actually important which must be factored in. Why even our politics is, as Nick Joaquin described things, "Tropical Baroque."

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My column today looks at why the dynamics of running after corruption can be politically self-defeating and suggests having survived this long, the Palace may be confusing survival with victory.

In the Public Square: Does BBM know what he’s doing? The political outlook for the year is stormy, with a chance of impeachment and maybe even of a transition. The turbulent forecast contrasts sharply with the apparent lack of urgency, or preparation,…

A brisk and enjoyable discussion with John Nery on his Rappler show, on an intriguing subject.

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My column today is on the battleground to come: the Blue Ribbon Committee and public opinion on expectations.

Today marks my first Monday column; henceforth my column will come out every Monday and Wednesday. Here I look at what we say about ourselves when it comes to corruption, according to this snapshot taken by SWS.

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Diary of Rafael Palma Dec. 30, 1896: philippinediaryproject.com/1896/12/30/d...

Why Sears’s Last Great Hope Was a Promise That Never Materialized

Why Sears’s Last Great Hope Was a Promise That Never Materialized www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...

Opinion | The Idea That Once Held America Together Died in 2025

The Idea That Once Held America Together Died in 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

My column today looks at a government app that works: eGov.PH: an internal audit wonders who is accountable if privacy's breached.

Thailand Headed for Political Vacuum PM Anutin dismisses Parliament amid new border clash

Thailand Headed for Political Vacuum
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