LML Polettiques (507)

Malthus and the global peril

Wednesday, 20 February 2019 11:00 Written by
I DEPART from conspiracy theories and speculate on a phenomenon whose impact is now being felt worldwide. The world population currently stands at 7.683 billion (www.worldmeters.info/world-population). The disturbing statistic is that it took 200K years since the appearance of homo…

What if?

Wednesday, 13 February 2019 12:57 Written by
MY conspiracy series starting with the January 23 “A Russian Spy in the White House?” segueing into the local “Conspiracy theory,” provoked commentaries falling under another genre: What if? Some readers likewise are framing their thoughts on the rhetorical question…

Conspiracy theory (Part 2)

Wednesday, 06 February 2019 10:08 Written by
Part 2 LAST week’s column stirred a hornet’s nest of stinging comments from my friends from both sides of the aisle — the Yellow horde and the DDS. The former regards this conspiracy as a veritable manifestation of the dying…

Conspiracy theory

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 11:44 Written by
MY article last January 23 delved into the US conspiracy claims precipitated by an op-ed piece in the prestigious Washington Post. Insinuations about US President Donald Trump’s being a Russian spy are made more believable by his comportment during these…

A Russian spy in the White House?

Wednesday, 30 January 2019 11:25 Written by
PRIOR to the internet, Kindle books, social media, Facebook, we read real books. Books we can hold in our hands with real pages one thumbs through; books that are either sold in bookstores, like National Bookstore and Alemar’s (in Metro…

Travelers’ travails

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 15:45 Written by
AS of this writing, we have been home in Davao for almost two weeks now and taking a vacation from a vacation. Flying coach on PAL is stressful enough, but with three grandchildren (3 to 7 years) in tow, it…

Postcard from America

Wednesday, 09 January 2019 11:46 Written by
I NEVER did leave my heart in San Francisco. In fact, I never did leave my heart anywhere in America. But San Francisco was the first American city that I visited in the spring of 1980. I was privileged to…

Lacson and pork insertions

Thursday, 27 December 2018 11:44 Written by
Panfilo Lacson was not really held in great esteem when he burst into public consciousness as top policeman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (PACC), a crime fighting bureaucracy under Vice-President “Erap” Estrada during the administration of President Fidel Ramos. Lacson…
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