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Mustache as Name
By Juan L. Mercado “THE BEGINNING of wisdom is to call all things by their right names,” a Chinese proverb teaches. Widsom has never been one of ex-president Joseph Estrada’s strengths But… more →
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Mustache as Name
wrote 9 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado “THE BEGINNING of wisdom is to call all things by their right names,” a Chin … more →
Walking Wounded
wrote 9 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado (ON THE second week of Lent, this column by Fr. Ron Rolheieser OMI may speak to a … more →
Good Cop, Bad Cop
wrote 10 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado CONGRESS’ BID to legislate “right to reply” kicked the proverbial hornet’s nest … more →
In Memoriam
wrote 10 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado INQUIRER’S HEADLINE was concise: “Corky Trinidad, 69.” So was Associ … more →
Stitching Sheets of Loose Sand
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wrote 10 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado ENVIRONMENT AND Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza spiked an order that str … more →
Cascading Idiocy
wrote 11 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado “CAN WE get out of this house soon — please?” That antsy plea came from our … more →
Misplaced Hopes
wrote 11 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado “I OFTEN wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upo … more →
Weekend Breather
wrote 11 months ago: By Juan L. Mercado (FROM THAILAND, a friend emailed: “You’ve brightened many weekends for me by shar … more →
Hard as Flint
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado MID-ADVENT FOUND me driving down a humid Tondo side road to reach a hospice. Wh … more →
Misplaced Hopes
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wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado “I OFTEN wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upo … more →
Blogger Courageous
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado SHEPERDING FELLOW-BLOGGERS, talk-show host and columnist Manuel Quezon III chalke … more →
Beyond Mortal Dust
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado “WE GIVE them back to you O, Lord, who first gave them to us. Yet, as you do not … more →
Begging for Heroism
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wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado CROOKS HUG the headlines here. Police generals were nailed by Russian customs for … more →
“A Love Story – Kuno!”
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado (A UN economist-friend forwarded feature below) Tongue-in cheek, he explained: “T … more →
Highway Fable
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado (“TO COPE with our problems, we wait for a ‘man on a white charger’ to appear,” a … more →
Sleaze Level
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado “THE NAIL that sticks out gets hammered,” the old proverb says. And a corrupt ol … more →
Diverse Voices
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado JUSTICE UNDERSECRETARY Ricardo Blancaflor is in the news these days. He oversaw t … more →
Beating Plough Shares
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado PRESIDENT GLORIA Macapagal Arroyo may be what her rabid critics insist. But th … more →
Scoffing at History’s Lessons
wrote 1 year ago: By Juan L. Mercado “HERE WE go again,” Edgar Labella said on hearing reports that 826 were missing … more →
