July 17, 2008
In April, the IHT/NYT columnist Roger Cohen gauged the public opinion of Asia in sweeping, clumsy strokes. While "Europe votes Democrat", he argued, "Asia tends Republican". Supposedly, Asians see the world more in terms of "classic balance-of-power equations, driven by the might and self-interest o...
go to article »May 5, 2008
The people of Guam will vote for the Democratic party's presidential nominee tomorrow, giving the island nine votes for either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August. Because Guam does not participate in the Electoral College in the general elections, this is...
go to article »May 1, 2008
BASED on the revelations of ABC News’ Jake Tapper and opinion writer David Sirota in a blog article in The Huffington Post, it seems Hillary Clinton is once again caught lying – not unlike her hospital healthcare sob story in working-class Ohio and her phantom Bosnia sniper tale in the days lead...
go to article »April 30, 2008
If there's a reason why I would vote Democratic (if I could, but I can't) in the coming US presidential elections, the passing of H.R. 760, the Filipino Veterans Equity Act, by the Democratic Party-dominated Veterans' Affairs Committee would be one of the reasons why. Quick historical background:...
go to article »April 21, 2008
Many people in the Philippines are regularly following the US presidential primaries. This is in sharp contrast to how these same people may refuse to really get really interested with the political maneuvers of Philippine presidential hopefuls. Funny, in a sense. It is remarkable in that we Fil...
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Background check- Mrs. Michelle Obama Michelle Obama, wife of Democrat front runner Barack Obama, shocked a lot of people over the weekend when she said this: 'For the first time in my adult lifetime I am proud of my country.' Wow! That takes my breath away. Mrs. Obama is 44 years old, so...
go to article »April 20, 2008
If I were an American citizen, I would probably vote for Barack Obama. He is more genuinely articulate than the plastic and predictable Hillary Clinton. He has real fire in his belly; Hillary has only a bellyache caused by ambition unsatisfied by eight years in the White House as First Lady. Ob...
go to article »March 14, 2008
March 11, 2008
Women have the same set of feathers. Well, not generally, but metaphorically--since all women have a distinctive personality, like men of course. But one cannot take away the categorical representation of gender in the society. My main issue here tackles the candidacy of Hillary Clinton--as she is...
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