LML Polettiques (470)

Parliamentary government and political party reform

Thursday, 31 July 2025 01:39 Written by
Last of a seriesTHE first and second parts of this column series portrayed an aberrant Senate, their expedient political party memberships, and a cursory depiction of an anomalous political architecture of governance forming part of my suggested agenda hinting on:…

Perverted party-list and the dysfunctional presidential system

Thursday, 24 July 2025 20:54 Written by
Second of a seriesBEYOND the immediate reforms to our dysfunctional political parties, a deeper examination of the party-list concept itself reveals a profound disconnect between its original intent and its currently perverted reality. During its conceptualization, the appointed Constitutional Commission…

Senate political chameleons: An agenda for reform

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 22:57 Written by
First of three partsMY column last week featured the four sets of siblings in the Senate (Cayetanos, Villars, Tulfos and Estrada/Ejercitos) and how the tentacles of political families could affect governance. This week’s article expands the profile to the rest…

Incoming Senate profile: Political dynasties’ team sports, corruption and perversion

Wednesday, 09 July 2025 10:59 Written by
ON July 28, 2025, the 20th Congress — the Senate and House of Representatives — convenes. This will be timed with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) which is to be delivered in a joint session…

The evolving war: A case for regime change

Thursday, 03 July 2025 01:07 Written by
ON June 22, 2025, US President Trump announced: “The US military carried out a massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime. The strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have…

Iran-Israel war: Insanity in the Middle East

Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:19 Written by
CONGRATULATIONS, Donald. You have your war! Ukraine was Biden’s; Obama shared Iraq and Afghanistan, with Bush Jr. who started them. Clinton had his Kosovo and the Bosnian wars; Bush the dad has his Gulf wars, Desert Shield and Desert Storm;…

Trump's actuations: Method to this madness

Thursday, 19 June 2025 01:14 Written by
MY column last week was about the global trade war resulting from Trump's tariffs. This act — unsanctioned by the US Congress — was aimed at protecting American industries through his faulty concept of reindustrializing America ("Trump's fool's errand," TMT,…

Trump's fool's errand: Reindustrialization of America

Wednesday, 18 June 2025 23:57 Written by
LAST April 2, 2025, Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs against all US trading partners. This tanked the financial and bond markets, prompting Trump to suspend these tariffs for 90 days. His reason was to give the 100-plus countries the opportunity to…
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