Putting the coronavirus in the right context
SO THE coronavirus finally made it here
in the Philippines (though at the time this article was written, there weren’t
any fatalities yet). I’ve written about...
Bereft of lordship
IN ONE SCENE from The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the
King, Denethor, the steward of Gondor told Gandalf the Wizard that...
Renewing history
IN HIS book, The End
of History and
the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the “end of history.” This
Hegelian philosophical concept “supposes that a particular
political, economic...
Should Filipinos be ready to leave Middle East?
WE’RE OFF to an explosive start for
the year, literally.
So President Rodrigo Duterte wants to
put together a committee to explore the possibility of a...
The end of the liberal order
AS WE ENTER the 2020s, I’d like to make
a bold prediction: We are about to see the end of the liberal world order,
which I...
Looking back at the 2010’s
AS WE ENTER the 2020s, I thought it appropriate to
look back on the 2010s, and some of its key features, at least with regards...
Trump’s ‘impeachment’ doesn’t matter
IF
YOU FOLLOW US politics then you’d know that the US Congress had recently
impeached US President Trump. That sounds really bad for the guy, until...
Never running out of money
CONTINUING from my essay from last week
about debt, I want to discuss another important aspect of the global economy: money
printing.
There is a certain...
A few questions about debt
DID YOU know that the total debt in the
world is around $250 trillion?
It’s a staggering amount which equates
to more than $30,000 for every...
It doesn’t matter if the Chinese control our power grid
A RECENT report
claimed that the People’s Republic of China had the means to shut off the
country’s power grid.
A lot of
Filipinos were naturally alarmed,...