By Joe Rivera Sometime ago, an article in The Economist posed an interesting query that is so relevant to the politics of our times: “Is… 01/11/2013
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An Uncomplicated Mind
Philippine politics: All in the family
America’s other “pop” culture
Pop, pop, pop!, the continuous burst of bullets from a Glock or assault weapon, instantaneously ending the lives of innocent people in the wrong place… 12/28/2012
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Privatizing immigration
It all began with the rapid rise in the number of temporary foreign workers who have been coming to Canada to fill in labour shortages… 12/14/2012
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Canada’s dream daycare program
By Joe Rivera One of the recurring program changes that Canada Immigration considered between 2008 and July 1, 2012 was the proposal to impose a… 11/28/2012
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The invisible Pinoy
“Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?,” Ralph Elllison wrote at the end of his novel, Invisible Man. It’s difficult… 11/09/2012
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Farewell to arms
There is a popular expression in Muslim Mindanao that a Moro would rather sleep with his rifle than with his wife. You would think that’s… 10/26/2012
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A pestering relic
By Joe Rivera There was a Vicente Sotto in the Philippine Senate long before his namesake incumbent Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III rose to fame.… 10/12/2012
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