The Changing Meaning of Retirement
FOR most of our lives, retirement is presented to us as a finish line. We...
Do We Still Know Our Neighbors?
WHEN I was younger, the people living around us were not strangers. They were part...
Good at responding, terrible at preventing
FROM a daily newspaper today, I read that schools nationwide will simultaneously test how quickly...
Beyond One Day of Recognition
A RECENT news report in a local paper shared how the Provincial Government honored persons...
Beyond One Day of Recognition
A RECENT news report in a local paper shared how the Provincial Government honored persons...
The Rocket We Laughed At
THERE was a brief moment during President Bongbong Marcos’ State of the Nation Address that...
The Empty Mansion
EVERY now and then, I find myself wondering about the houses we admire from the...
When ‘be your best’ becomes ‘you must be perfect’
SOME of the saddest conversations I’ve had with young people never began with the words...
The Republic is Watching
THERE are moments in a nation’s life when the courtroom ceases to be merely a...