Australia’s solar, wind energy needs no threat to farmland
By Andrew Blakers
As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so too does debate over land use. Nationals Leader David Littleproud, for example, claimed regional areas had...
What we aspire for
RESENTMENT DRIVES envy. But it can also be a goal-setting mechanism to focus action. Therefore, insurance and property companies publicize their top performers and how much they made and why they should be emulated (and, yes, envied) by the peasants. Promotions for senior positions also enumerate the achievements of the fortunate few, even amidst the grumbling of those passed over -- he was just in the right place at the right time.
Breaking with allies, Trump shakes up world order
Washington's break with traditional G7 allies may open the way for a new world order in which Donald Trump cultivates former enemies and US-China...
Trust me
By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
It was suddenly announced after the Nov. 30 (Bonifacio Day) holiday that House Bill No. 6398 establishing the Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF) of the new government financial institution, the Maharlika Wealth Fund Corp. (MWFC) was filed on Nov. 28.
The demand side of culture
By A. R. Samson
Humanities as a field of academic pursuit or lifelong obsession has been relegated to a quaint addiction, like restoring antique cars or collecting stamps....
Understanding rice tariffication
By Laurence Go, Jessica Reyes Cantos, AJ Montesa, and Filomeno Sta. Ana III
We are firm in defending and asserting the rice tariffication reform despite the current transitional problems that it faces in its implementation. The reform will benefit both Filipino rice farmers and Filipino consumers.
A nation of illegitimate children
By Jemy Gatdula
If ever there is a crisis the Philippines must urgently confront, utterly paramount is the deteriorating state of our families and children.
Goodman Richard
By Marvin A. Tort
Last Monday morning, I had the privilege and the pleasure to board the US Navy amphibious ship USS Bonhomme Richard, which was anchored in...
In memory of Rene Saguisag
By Fides Lim
There are heroes that walk in our midst and my husband Vic Ladlad and I were privileged to have walked with one of them...
Reporting the circus
BY LUIS V. TEODORO
With only a year before the most crucial Philippine elections in decades, nearly 40 media organizations and 300 journalists and media workers signed on...
Does competition make us less moral? New research says yes, but only a little...
By Ozan Isler
Many of our economic and even social interactions are competitive. We use markets to find jobs, but also dates. What does this mean for...
Why globalism is good for you
THE DIFFERENCE between globalization and globalism might seem obscure and unimportant, but it matters. Globalization is a word used by economists to describe international flows of trade, investment and people. Globalism is a word used by demagogues to suggest that globalization is not a process but an ideology -- an evil plan, pushed by a shadowy crowd of people called “globalists.”