Police state

Raymund Fernandez 12/13/2016

A friend was espousing the relative benefits of having a police state here in our country. He did not want to say it outright, obviously out of deference to what he guessed were my thoughts on the…

Crossing the Rubicon

Raymund Fernandez 12/06/2016

The Rubicon, if you must know, is a small shallow river — a creek to some writers — North of Italy. It marks the border between Italy proper and its northeastern province of Cisalpine Gaul. In 49…

The dream of a benevolent dictator

Raymund Fernandez 11/29/2016

There is a reason why a superhero like Batman or Spiderman don’t run for president. They know: “With great power comes great responsibility.” And political offices like the presidency of any country, even ours, would simply not…

Bright sunny day

Raymund Fernandez 11/22/2016

Quite by surprise I woke up to a bright sunny day, quite unexpected after days of rain showers. The times being what they are, I could not help but read this for a sign of better days…

With the rest of the garbage

Raymund Fernandez 11/15/2016

Yesterday, we “buried” Marcos at the Lubnganan sa mga Basura, better known as the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill, so to speak, together with the rest of the garbage. The sponsors of this mass action invited us to make…

The courts

Raymund Fernandez 11/08/2016

Except for this tragic decision to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, it seems rarely now that the courts are called upon to determine the contentious truth of things important. And that’s a big shame…

Predictability

Raymund Fernandez 11/01/2016

We all know how intelligence is a predictive skill: And so too moral judgment. The two are not irrevocably married. Only for some are they faithful lovers. But lovers or not, intelligence and moral judgment are both…

The great anti-US rhetoric

Raymund Fernandez 10/25/2016

To be sure, China does not desire to go to war with the United States of America. But they would not mind having some leader of a vassal state mouthing the great anti-US rhetoric if only to…

Dylan, Tuesday morning

Raymund Fernandez 10/18/2016

I am wondering if I should make myself another cup of coffee. There will be consequence. There always is. But I am also wondering what to write about. Given the trajectories of the current world, there is…

The rank and file

Raymund Fernandez 10/11/2016

Presidents come and go. The government will still be there and it will be moving on the basis of work done mostly by people going by a somewhat in-distinguishing term — the rank and file. They are…

Peace and order vs rule of law

Raymund Fernandez 10/04/2016

One learns many lessons working over many years as a teacher in a state university. This one I learned from a fellow teacher: “Presidents, Chancellors, Deans, Chairpeople, come and go. After they go, we will still be…

The post-colonial Narcisa/o

Raymund Fernandez 09/27/2016

Kinutil More than 400 years of colonialism cannot help but leave a mark. Our politics has become one of self-loathing and self-flagellation. The Filipino is this and that. And that is why we must do to us…

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