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Guy Concepcion is a Filipino athlete, swimming coach, college professor, writer, and opinion-ator.

From the Stars I Pluck

One movie character I can relate to a lot is Jimmy Dugan, the all-star-has-been-turned-manager of an all-girls professional baseball team, played to perfection by Tom
 

You were you are

The Hong Kong Mantas Invitational swim meet has been going strong for the past 33 years. Age-group swimming clubs from all over Asia, Australia, ...
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When I do count the clock

I had week of sports that if I were to fall into a mind trap, would be a week measured purely by the clock - ...
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We desire increase

Right now, there’s a ball being shot, a race being won. Four centuries ago, William Shakespeare had already mapped out humanity. Welcome to ...
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Shame, Deny

The blame game, something played with more intensity by the losing side, seems to have become a national pastime. ...
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Fear to Wet (Or Dispatches on Beijing and the Bard)

This column is back after a few weeks off. I wish it were true that this sports columnist went to Beijing to witness the Olympic ...
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Music to Hear

Shakespeare’s “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” is a fine example of the 14-line A-B-A-B-C-D-C-D-E-F-E-F-G-G rhyming scheme of a sonnet. Moreover, it’s ...
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In the Orient When

Akira Kurosawa, considered one of the best filmmakers of all time, directed the classics Rashomon and Seven Samurai, among others. Although revered in his ...
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Ragged Hand (and Candy)

I have cubital tunnel syndrome. Sitting in Rodin’s The Thinker position for prolonged periods daily has put too much pressure on my ulnar nerve, causing ...
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Hours work did frame

Olympic television coverage is usually more entertaining with features on favorites to win. A camera crew and correspondent would visit star athletes during training, ...
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Finally, Some Good News

Note: This online column will appear regularly. For its title, Dean Tony acknowledges Malcolm Gladwell who, in his book The Tipping Point, defined "connectors"

A Crisis, An Opportunity

Two days before the torture video was made public, I was conferring with a colleague and an official of the Aquino administration essentially offering assistance

Media and the Manila Hostage Crisis

Once again, the media is in the media. After audiences worldwide were treated to ringside seat views of the drama as it unfolded last Monday,

Killers, the Police and the State

The main function of the State is to protect the citizens’ right to life, right to private property, and right to liberty. When people have

The Ground Zero Mosque Controversy: Nativist Aversion to the Unfamiliar

The intuitive reaction to the proposed mosque near Ground Zero is understandably negative. Why build a Muslim place of worship next to a site

COMING HOME FOR P-NOY: Tales from the 2010 Inauguration

My wife and I came to Manila last June 27, 2010, to attend the inauguration of President-Elect Benigno Aquino III as the 15th President of

Brain Gain

In the 1970's, the phenomenon that is international migrant work started to become most palpable to us who are in their late 30's and 40-somethings

Rep. JV Ejercito : Be Heedful of Alvarez’s claims

San Juan City Representative JV Ejercito today urged the Filipino people to be heedful of Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez’s claims of fully ‘revamping’ the bureaucracy,

REVOLVING DOORS

Reputation and credibility are very important for media practitioners. They live and build a career on these two elements. What happens then to

Using Smart Power

The approval of the $434 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant for development projects in the Philippines is a clear indication of America’s trust or
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