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Nonoy Oplas is President of Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc., a think tank that advocates small government, small taxes, free market, and more personal responsibility. He belongs to a network of free-market oriented think tanks and institutes in Asia and other parts of the world.

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
 

Illusion of conflict between material economy and services sector

Improvement in productivity in the agriculture and industry sectors will necessarily spur the growth and expansion of the services sector. The latter not only provides ...
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Using game theory in analyzing drug price control

If there is free competition among companies and players, there will be dynamic and fluid changes in pricing and marketing of products by the players. ...
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Water deficit and alarmism surplus

The country’s media outlets were bombarded this week by “water crisis”, “water woes to get worse” and related stories. Some friends asked me if the ...
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Cancer and politics

Cancer is among the top killer diseases in the world and in the Philippines. Personally, this disease is impossible to brush aside because a number ...
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Oil taxation

The recent move of the government to bring down oil tariff from 3 percent to zero is good -- one of the few good moves ...
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Cars and capitalism

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Cars and faster mobility of people are among the clear examples of the success of capitalism in improving the lives of the ...
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Sea level, the sun, and climate

CHICAGO, USA – Sea levels are not rising, polar ice are melting and growing in annual cycles, the Sun is the main driver of the ...
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Politics and climate

Politics is very divisive. Philippine elections are always a testament to that. The only good thing after elections are when they are finished and the ...
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Tricycles and elections

Tricycle and jeepney drivers and operators are among the target “beneficiaries” of some party-list groups that are running in the coming elections. They say that ...
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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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