Recovering from a stroke, I have to acknowledge that many people who texted, emailed, and attempted to visit were all mostly well-meaning, but I have to respond with the cliché about the road to hell ...
The death of one is a tragedy; the death of millions a statistic, or so goes a quote often misattributed to Joseph Stalin.
The long runway to 2028 has begun. Pollsters test names. Commentators track “viability.” Political tacticians treat ...
There is a chilling phrase echoing through the halls of the International Criminal Court (ICC) these days: “I was just following orders.” To a young police officer or a career general, it sounds ...
Lately, I’ve pictured the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in my mind as the mythical Atlas forced to carry the world. In his recent public statements, including in his speech at last month’s ...
LONDON—"An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted,” the great playwright Arthur Miller wrote in his essay "The Year It Came Apart." It’s not yet World War ...
The unfolding missile exchanges between Iran, Israel and America is not a distant spectacle to be watched from the sidelines. US President Trump assures that the Iran conflict will only last for four ...
There are stories you inherit unwillingly—stories that twist and churn long after they are told. One of mine surfaced when my mother, hands trembling, finally shared a memory she had carried ...
President Marcos designated last week Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna as acting secretary of the Department of Environment ...
Are you happy with what you do? That question, if and when asked during the early years of training, would probably have ...
My mom has an unusual Christmas tradition. Every year, during the season, she invites us to her house to get our annual flu ...