鈥楲est we forget鈥
By Arjan P. Aguirre
This year marks the 120th anniversary of the publication of 鈥淩ecessional鈥 -- an enigmatic poem written by the great English novelist and poet, Rudyard...
Is it time to discard?
By A. R. Samson
It is athletes and perhaps actors or singers who have a problem of stepping down at the right time. Are they past their prime...
Growth accelerations
By Emmanuel S. de Dios
Understandable relief greeted last week鈥檚 news that GDP had grown 6.5% in the second quarter. The immediate reason, of course, was that the administration...
Killing in the streets
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
The economic briefing to preferred clients opened with the puzzler: 鈥淭he Philippine peso closed at P51.47 as of Aug. 17, from P49.72 to the...
Unbranded personality
By A. R. Samson
People are sometimes identified as brands just like products. This reference is not necessarily what their calling cards say. Such identification can be self-promoted...
How to address the real handicap in your golf game — your clothes
By Troy Patterson
FORE! Look out, golfers. The opportunity to transcend awful sporting apparel is available, now more than ever.
Even if you make it out...
Assault on the future
By Luis V. Teodoro
Does anyone still believe that every government bureaucrat, or, for that matter, everyone in the private sector, or your average gossip-prone neighbor, can keep...
Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
By Jemy Gatdula
Forgive the title. It鈥檚 just clickbait, borrowed from a Pedro Almodovar film that starred Carmen Maura and introduced to an international audience a young...
Quirks
By Maria Victoria Rufino
Everyone has a particular quirk or a peculiar mannerism.
The narcissist 鈥淚 -- Me -- Myself鈥 loves to admire her image in the mirror; the...
For the sake of productivity, put a woman in charge
By Noah Smith
IF YOU鈥橵E NEVER tried a Japanese snack called Jagariko, I highly recommend it. When I visited the Tokyo offices of Japanese snackmaker...
Free tuition and irresponsibility
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
There are many reasons why the new law providing for free tuition for all students -- rich and poor alike -- in all state...
A tax on calories?
By Marvin A. Tort
I read with interest this paper鈥檚 report on the call of the Beverage Industry Association of the Philippines (BIAP) for Congress to lower the...