In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Soma is the ultimate tool of social control. A government-issued drug that delivers instant euphoria, erases unhappiness, and prevents citizens from questioning their engineered reality, Soma is the lynchpin…
This article uncovers the largely forgotten 1898 Manila Bay standoff, where Imperial Germany nearly seized the Philippines following Spain’s defeat. It highlights the tense naval confrontation between Admiral George Dewey and Vice Admiral Otto von…
In light of the recent online assaults spat out by a few, well-known Beijing proxies like Rigoberto “Bobi” Tiglau and Adolfo “Ado” Pagliwanan directed at USAF Lt. Col. (ret.) Raymond Powell – in reaction to…
In his April 2nd Manila Times column (“Why I think the war will go on”), my friend Ben Kritz offers a familiar, one-sided lament from those on the American Left and International Anti-US Cabal: Israel…
Philippine President Bongbong Marcos made two historic announcements this week. First, he declared an “Energy Emergency” that gave him power to directly control the supply, distribution and consumption of all fossil fuels in the country…
As the Philippine peso (PHP) repeatedly tests record lows – recently sliding past 60 to 1 US Dollars (USD) – economists and analysts are sounding alarms about the immediate ripple effects on the import-dependent economy.
The Philippines has historically shown economic resilience to oil and gas price shocks during past middle east conflicts, from the 2003 US invasion of Iraq through last year’s 12-day war between Israel and Iran, as…
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Lead Defense Counsel Nicholas Kaufman’s presentation during the ICC’s confirmation of charges hearings for Rodrigo Duterte, held from February 23-27, has been described variably, depending on the perspective, as strong and dismantling by Duterte supporters,…
Who in their right mind would think that pretending to be Mother Nature in something as dynamic and volatile as the open sea could ever turn out well? Dumping millions of tons of dredged-up ocean…
