America in transition
(Part I of II) “LIFE is much more important than the making of dollars. It should be about passion for doing production about people and its relations to everybody else, where there is respect in the...
View ArticleAn open letter to 45th US president, my Lolo Donald!
“WHEN the Americans and Soviets stopped rattling nuclear sabers and stoking proxy wars, I don’t think love had much to do with it, or empathy either. And though I like to think I have as much empathy...
View ArticleAuthentic power and external power: Trusting God and others
“AUTHENTIC power feels good. It is doing what you are supposed to be doing. It is fulfilling. Your life is filled with meaning and purpose. You have no doubts. You have no fears. You are happy to be...
View Article‘Documented,’ the film: The truth of a son’s struggle to be reunited with his...
[Editor’s note: This column was originally published in May 2014, but was edited and updated to reflect the current immigration debate in the United States.] “IMMIGRATION is by definition a gesture...
View ArticleAcupuncture insights of R. Antonio Whiteley, et al.
“STAGNATIONS are like potential energy. They are just “stuck.” Stagnations can lead to disharmony. Acupuncture can break up stagnations, getting the Qi and Blood moving and promote homeostasis [a...
View ArticleThe reform of health care through healthy eating
“SPENDING on food and health together make up more than 30 percent of the U.S. economy, yet our politicians and civic leaders aren’t discussing these important issues. They may bicker about how to...
View ArticleThe value of universal health care: Actualized by the Philippine Medical...
(Part 3 OF 3) “THERE may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passerby only sees a wisp of smoke coming through the chimney, and go along their way. Look...
View ArticleSpotlight on PMSNC’s Dr. Maria Araceli De Guzman and Joe De Guzman
(Part 3 of 3) “Out of the mating of Wakea (Sky Father) and Papa Honua (Earth Mother), came and continues to come everything in our cosmos, and that’s why we’re all related and why everything is...
View ArticleHumanist’s lessons from The Originalist, a play
“Why not ask Antonin Scalia (1936-3016), once the most polarizing figure in American political life? This play, however, is not exclusively about the late Justice Scalia, although excerpts from his...
View ArticleWill you experience the real world in your late 70s?
“THE use of traveling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson “The world is a book, and those who do not travel...
View ArticleCelina Taganas-Duffy: ‘Wonder’ mentor and mother to Bridget, a 9-year-old...
“It isn’t just what you see and what you hear, it’s more importantly what you feel, and the feeling is what translates to the doing. Without the feeling, there’s no doing. So you don’t transmit it to...
View ArticleAsian Choral Festival: Heartbeat of history animated
“Asian Americans are considered a minority group in the United States. [Yet], the diversity of traditional Asian culture and unique music have enriched our country as a beautiful melting pot. This is a...
View ArticleThe first home of democracy is the human heart
“The human heart is the first home of democracy.” – Terry Tempest Williams, as quoted by Parker J. Palmer, The Politics of the Broken Hearted, 2005. Parker Palmer offered his reflections: “This ‘one...
View ArticleMartial law imposed in Mindanao and cultural changes
“It is the Spirit Who gives us the ability to know the truth about others. When we look at them from a human point of view, we tend to concentrate on their flaws and shortcomings. When we view them in...
View ArticleResist, vote and respect the US Constitution
“WE are fortunate in our society that a means of resistance has been built into the law and the political process – the vote. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in a democracy. We...
View Article‘Not every tree sheds in the same way’
“You can see who is doing what when you look at the exterior of a tree. What you see is the outer layer of bark, which is dead and forms an impervious exterior shell. This outer layer of bark also...
View ArticleSitting in the chair of privilege
“LIFE is a battle – you must enter into it fully, and do what needs to be done. You cannot shrink from your duty. Life presents difficult, sometimes horrendous situations, unwelcome tasks, and...
View ArticleGrowing our internal souls: Freedom from internal gray waters
“A REVOLUTION is not just for the purpose of correcting past injustices, a revolution involves a projection of man/woman into the future… It begins with projecting the notion of a more human human...
View ArticleNoble folks’ spirits linger
“I am watching videos of Lean [Alejandro] being interviewed or speaking. And I can close my eyes and it will seem like I could be in some overnight study group, or in a symposium at the AS [Arts and...
View ArticleHow to ruin a country with presidential abuse of power
Instead, run it for the public good “But I digress from the point of our discussion, which is that there is no greater vice than greed, especially among those governing our country. For to use public...
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