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By Joe America Those who read or comment here now and then recognize that The Society of Honor no longer gets the thousands of reads and active commentary that it once had. Times change, and with them, reading habits. I’m inclined to observe occasionally, “life’s a path, not a destination”. A few or us continue […]

The Future of the Society of Honor

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Whenever I say I like living in the Philippines people say “well, you’re white and rich so you don’t know what it’s really like.” But if I say, “Man, the Philippines is screwed up” they say something like, “Well, it’s because you Americans colonized us and treated us badly.” […]

The Philippines is a great place to live

I was scrolling through tiktok and got to a video. Was in tears in SECONDS. Songs I had on repeat 2020 still trigger the pain of that year.

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I wrote the other day that social media is a disease and we are all sick. It is a global pandemic that is so severe that people don’t know they are sick. In the old days, prior to about 1985, we had three main inputs to our brains. What […]

Social media, the disease, and we, the diseased

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America What does the Philippines stand for? That’s the question I asked Twitter people who argued that eagles and landscapes represent a “neutral” position on Philippine money, whereas people are “political”. I had objected to the Marcos Government pulling people off the paper money. They said I was wrong. Yet […]

What does the Philippines stand for?

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Dynasties rule the Philippines as modern day colonists. They are the self-dealing lords of corruption, entitlement, favor, and incompetence. They approve construction projects and purchases to gain commissions rather than help the people. They give incompetent family members and friends lucrative jobs while skilled people go to other lands […]

Progress Report: Peoples’ coalition aimed at breaking dysfunctional rule by dynasties

By Giancarlo Angulo Note: wrote this Aug 5 so I wasnt able to incorporate what is written in this piece: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/08/12/2377262/awash-unused-funds Here’s your text with grammar and clarity improvements: Policy Making is Hard (PhilHealth Edition) The goal of society is to move things forward—understand, explain, and communicate for a better Philippines. One way to achieve […]

Policy Making is Hard (PhilHealth Edition)

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America This blog has always been for the Philippines. The basic distinction between here and elsewhere is a choice between building or whining. We choose to build. To build ideas. To build understandings. To build solutions to problems. As the principal writer here, I’m starting to focus on the 2028 […]

“O’ Rise Ye Land of Happy Fools”

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Senator Sonny Angara was appointed Secretary of Education last week. It’s a big job. It’s a huge opportunity. It’s an opportunity to recast education IN FAVOR of kids rather than against them. I don’t know if Secretary Angara is bold enough. Not many are I think. But I hope […]

Filipino kids get cheated by the school system