The Long View: Sobriety versus Wowowee
The Long View
Sobriety versus Wowowee
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:05:00 02/14/2010
THE two leading candidates, Aquino and Villar, have taken turns facing the Makati Business Club to put forward their views concerning business and the economy. Their views present...
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The Long View: Wander Woman
The Long View
Wander Woman
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:49:00 12/23/2009
BACK in 1986, an American editorial cartoon showed Ferdinand Marcos in pajamas, his fist raised in the air, a scowl on his face, and a blasé Hawaiian customs officer saying to him, “Yes,...
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The Long View: Kicking and screaming
The Long View
Kicking and screaming
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 19:10:00 12/09/2009
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN THE 1986 Constitutional Commission, Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo bitterly opposed making the two chambers of Congress vote together, as essentially a...
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The Long View: Caught in the act
The Long View
Caught in the act
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:43:00 11/29/2009
THEIR TRACK RECORD AND THE EXTENT OF their preparations for conducting the massacre in the town named after themselves suggest the Ampatuans had the methodology of mass murder down pat...
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The Long View: Shattered talismans
The Long View
Shattered talismans
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:23:00 11/25/2009
IN A NATION WHERE THE POWERLESS HAVE few options, the least useful being to try to out-goon, out-gun, and out-spend those who possess a plenitude of these things because of political...
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The Long View: Good Frodo and Evil Gollum
The Long View
Good Frodo and Evil Gollum
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:28:00 11/22/2009
IN book two of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” Celeborn, elven co-ruler of Lothlórien, speaks directly to the readers as much as to the Fellowship when he counsels, “Do…
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The Long View: Comelec lays down case for persecution
The Long View
Comelec lays down case for persecution
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:14:00 11/16/2009
THERE is no point arguing the merits of the Comelec’s decision to deny Ang Ladlad recognition as a party-list group. That is because there are none. The paper...
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The Long View: Ignoring plans has a price
The Long View
Ignoring plans has a price
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:21:00 10/08/2009
In 2003, the New Zealand social and environmental historian Greg Bankoff published a map of Metro Manila, with grey splotches that he identified as the flood-prone areas of the metropolis, mainly Navotas, Manila itself, Pasay City, Taguig, and parts of Marikina. That map coincides almost exactly with one put together by Newsbreak and published on ABSCBNNews.com showing the...
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The Long View: Postmortems
The Long View
Postmortems
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:36:00 10/05/2009
I am a great believer in post mortems— “an analysis or discussion of an event held soon after it has occurred, esp. in order to determine why it was a failure,” according to one dictionary definition—and I believe we have a mixed record when it comes to undertaking these. Disasters tend to be so overwhelming, and the efforts to undertake rescue, relief and rehabilitation become so...
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The Long View News from unusual places By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 22:33:00 04/07/2010 IN THE MUSICAL “CHICAGO,” Renee Zellwegger gets some tips from Richard Gere on how to charm the public with some razzmatazz and razzle-dazzle. Today, the final leg of the national...
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