Gloomy about 2021
A LOT of people I know just want to leave 2020, and go back to the way things were before. They want a return...
Are you willing to get a mandatory vaccine?
LAST week, there was a disturbing video of a nurse in America fainting shortly after being administered the new COVID-19 vaccine.
Needless to say,...
The hidden cost of lockdowns
A WASHINGTON Post article entitled “Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young women, raising new questions about pandemic stress” revealed the...
Ethiopia’s diversity problem
ETHIOPIA is the latest country to plunge into the brink of war in 2020. It is currently being torn apart by inter-ethnic conflict, and...
Questioning the COVID lockdowns
THERE was recently a large demonstration in Tolouse, France by restaurant and bar owners over the COVID lockdowns. Before that, there was a protest...
America’s (and the world’s) democratic crisis
WE, IN THE Philippines, are rather proud of being the first Republic in Asia, and we can say the same for our role in...
Pessimism for the Environment
LAST week, Cagayan governor Manuel Mamba said the recent flooding was the “summation of our wrongs to the environment” and called for a “holistic”...
America’s 2020 electoral train wreck
I’VE WATCHED the 2020 US presidential elections since it began, and from what I’ve seen, the amount of cheating involved would make the most...
If Trump were a Filipino President…
BY THE TIME this article is published, the US presidential election would have taken place already, but I still want to discuss why I...
Consumption and the past 500 years
LAST WEEK I wrote about the effects of a declining global population on world economics, particularly consumption. This week, I’m going to give my...