(Continued from last Tuesday's column) Is it just homophobia that drove the Comelec to deny the petition for accreditation of the Ang Ladlad LGBT Party? Yes, but homophobia … [Read more...]
The anatomy of a rumor
June 25, 2009 By 60 Comments
After writing a few articles about my firstborn who is now a college freshman, an obviously curious reader e-mailed me asking why my daughter was taking up a vocational … [Read more...]
Understanding the origin of poverty
October 16, 2008 By 13 Comments
Last Tuesday's and today's columns were a two-part essay on poverty; in particular, an attempt to understand its origin from an anthropological context, vis a vis the role of … [Read more...]
The future (vice) president of the Philippines?
October 13, 2008 By 11 Comments
This is a true story. There's this girl, a high school junior, whom I'll call Anita. She was a candidate for Vice President in the student government and she won by a slim … [Read more...]
The girl worth marrying
August 14, 2008 By 27 Comments
In an earlier entry about "pikot", Jon commented: My wife sometimes asked me if I would've married her had she been a fling or a one-night stand. My answer was "of course … [Read more...]
What is pikot?
August 12, 2008 By 42 Comments
(Today's column) Every three years, my husband's eldest brother, his wife and two sons spend three weeks in the Philippines. He and his wife have been living in a suburb of … [Read more...]
The less than perfect child
August 7, 2008 By 9 Comments
I was reading the case of Danielle (via Dooce), now called Dani, and please go read about this mind-blowing case of child neglect, about a feral child adopted by a couple with … [Read more...]
Coffee, dear?
July 24, 2008 By 37 Comments
(Today's column) We had our occasional red meat last Sunday. We really wanted steaks and mashed potatoes but S&R ran out of rib eye steaks so my husband bought pork loin … [Read more...]
Emergency
July 23, 2008 By 16 Comments
At 10.30 a.m. today, one of the house helpers came up to my study to tell me that we had no more rice to cook for lunch. Wow, and I was hoping for a leisurely day. We had a … [Read more...]
The Cinderella mentality in a democracy
July 23, 2008 By 19 Comments
My current desk editor (she's my third) in Manila Standard Today also writes an op-ed column. In her column published a month ago, she wrote her thoughts after seeing The … [Read more...]
Poor little rich girls
July 15, 2008 By 19 Comments
While watching the trailer of the film "Mamma Mia!" on television a couple of nights ago, there ensued a discussion as to whether the lead star is one of the three witches in … [Read more...]
The agenda of the prejudiced
July 8, 2008 By 12 Comments
When the civil case filed by the former domestic helper of Lauro Baja Jr. against the ex-Ambassador to the United Nations hit the headlines, I was a hundred and ten percent … [Read more...]
The wedding processional
August 27, 2007 By 15 Comments
It was Juan and Juana's wedding. The church assistant was having problems with the groom's parents as to what should be the place of each in the wedding processional. … [Read more...]
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