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The Explainer: Mudslinging Pros and Cons

That was one of the most famous negative campaign commercials of all time. Campaigning against the hard-line Republic Barry Goldwater, the Democrats put out this ad, which bluntly portrayed President...

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The Explainer: Speakership Battle

That was a classic Charlie Chaplin short. With most members of the House proclaimed, the contenders for the Speakership of the 15th Congress are already preparing to go into the ring. So tonight let’s...

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The Explainer: The music of our past

 I. The music of our past: rough notes   Bonifacio Day brings with it an effort to remember, for a day, at least, our patriots. They are long-dead people from an era frozen only in black and white...

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The Explainer: Inaugurals

It’s been 75 years, in a pretty much continuous line, since we had our first modern inaugural in 1935. Every inauguration since has inherited ceremonial from that event, with individual presidents...

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The Explainer: New Year

Ying Ying: All around this house I see the signs. My daughter looks but she does not see. This is a house that will break into pieces. It’s not too late. All my pains, my regrets, I will gather them...

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The Explainer: How Ambassadors are Made

That was a scene from the Marx Brothers comedy, “Duck Soup,” where Groucho Marx as President Firefly gets so lathered up he causes a diplomatic incident with a touchy ambassador. Much as we like to...

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The Great Divide: The midterm election of 2013, Part 1

Philippine Daily Inquirer The Great Divide: The midterm election of 2013, Part 1 by Manuel L. Quezon III Every campaign brings with it the old and the new, a clash between conventional wisdom and the...

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The Great Divide: The midterm election of 2013, Part 2

Philippine Daily Inquirer The Great Divide: The midterm election of 2013, Part 2 by Manuel L. Quezon III From the incarnation of our legislature in 1907 up to 1935, Filipinos had no say in the...

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Online Resources: Typhoon Yolanda (updated)

Online Resources: Typhoon Yolanda For updates on Typhoon Yolanda visit the feature page on the Official Gazette website. The page contains a Google Crisis Map in partnership with Google Philippines,...

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Remarks at DATA.GOV.PH Hackathon: #KabantayNgBayan

Remarks at DATA.GOV.PH Hackathon: #KabantayNgBayan  12/F SaDoce, Smart Tower 1, 6799 Ayala Ave., Makati by Manuel L. Quezon III   This has been a very busy and heartbreaking time for everyone. All of...

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The Explainer: Xmas

That was from a recent episode of the TV series, “Bones” where Dr. Brennan points to the Santa Claus as an instrument for child control. Tonight on the Explainer, we’ll look at the ghosts of...

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Mabini: Who Holds the Course

MABINI BOOK CHAPTER OUTLINE WITH BOOK EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES   I. We are tail end of long line of Spanish Revolutions: first, Mexico, last Philippines. We were the last gasp of Enlightenment-...

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To the Manner Born

Rogue | March 2014 To the Manner Born by Manuel L. Quezon III What are the conditions that made yesterday’s babies today’s leaders— and what does that mean for us? I am an avid reader of the blog of...

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Closing Remarks at the TechCamp Philippines: Disaster Risk Reduction and...

Closing Remarks at the TechCamp Philippines: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building G/F Glove Valero Teleparl, 111 Valero St., Makati May 6, 2014            I apologize for not being able to...

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Closing Remarks at the Readysaster Hackathon for Resilience

Closing Remarks at the Readysaster Hackathon for Resilience 12/F, Sa Doce, Smart Tower 1, 6799, Ayala Ave, Makati May 11, 2014 Everyone’s waiting for the phone, some of you I have met before. So I have...

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The Sports of Kings

Rogue | July 2014 The Sports of Kings by Manuel L. Quezon III An exploration of how, on their days off, the most powerful men of public office– and sometimes, of the cloth– play a different kind of...

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Opening Remarks At the Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines:...

Opening Remarks At the Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines: Information Resource Sharing Forum Presidential Broadcast Studio, Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan, Manila July 11, 2014 I regret...

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Crown and Country

Rogue | August 2014 Crown and Country by Manuel L. Quezon III  As we say goodbye to our current leaders, we greet their next-in-lines. From Imelda to Bongbong, from JPE to Jackie, can succession plans...

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Showdown with the Supremes

Rogue | September 2014 Showdown with the Supremes by Manuel L. Quezon III  How the President Marcos’ dance with the justices led to the constitutionality of a dictatorship. A retired general once told...

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The unbearable burden of being

Rogue | October 2014 The Unbearable Burden of Being by Manuel L. Quezon III     Since independence in 1946, we have nearly doubled the number of our provinces, and gone from 18.4 million people to 100...

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