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Marvin Bionat is the creator of philippineupdate.com, a news and views site that has served as a virtual platform that promotes various advocacies, including the political empowerment of overseas Filipinos and accountability in government. He wrote the National Bookstore bestseller How to Win (or Lose) in Philippine Elections (Anvil Publishing, 1998) and is now based in the U.S. working as an editor.

Homecoming, Part 2

What are my first impressions of the Philippines after more than 13 years of absence? First, a ride along the highway reveals that, despite
 

Homecoming, Part 1

It wasn't as dramatic as the mushroom cloud that violently sprouted from the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, but the haze that hung over Detroit-my first ...
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Ground zero of the health-care debate

As soon as the news broke that President Obama would be in a town-hall meeting at Portsmouth High School, which is just a few blocks ...
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Can a Third Force win in the 2010 Philippine elections?

That the Kapatiran party actually had to issue a press statement seeking interested candidates to join its national and local line ups for the 2010 ...
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Cory Aquino’s legacy and a lesson in dignity

Cory Aquino’s passing away was very different from Ninoy’s. Usually, when people of great significance die we’d remember what we were doing when the ...
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To the left, to the left

After wreaking havoc as it swung a little too far to the right, the political pendulum is now swinging back to the left. ...
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How to know the recession is over

What specific metrics should we look at to tell the economy is really on the mend? ...
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Twittering on the Hayden/Katrina scandal and Charter change

It’s actually much harder to capture thoughts when you have to do it in less the 140 characters, so tweets require way more time than ...
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Crumpage: My unifying theory of behavior

In my longstanding attempt to create a grand theory of human behavior, I have invented a new word: crumpage. Yes, move over Freud and Jung, ...
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Smart ways to govern

In their book Nudge, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein argue that through "choice architecture" people should be subtly steered into making the right and desirable ...
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Socialism, conservatism, and liberalism

There are various political ideologies in the country and around the world, but perhaps their philosophical origin can be traced or rooted to 3 important

Asian Democracy in Focus

BALI, INDONESIA— The Philippines had given the world one of the most memorable lessons in democracy. People Power is very much our own brand of

The "No-Proc" Scenarios

Interestingly, even while the campaign season is just on its 9th day, there are already several scenarios being discussed on various coffee shops and political

Transcript of Interview: Senator Biazon on Sen Panfilo Lacson

I think that as part of institutions and institutional processes it would be best for Senator Lacson to come in and submit himself to the

Villar and Lacson's disappearing acts

Where are the two most important and controversial personalities of the Senate?

Uncontrolled passion for price control

Price control is price dictatorship. Or one form of product coercion, or industry over-regulation.

Healthcare, rights and responsibilities

The best form of healthcare is preventive, not curative. Among the preventive measures: people should not over-drink, over-smoke, over-eat, over-fight, over-sit in sedentary lifestyle. People

Earthquakes and economic freedom

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other natural geological and meteorological phenomena will be with us. They are part of nature, part of the dynamism of the

January 2010: Backstabbing begins

Poster-sized colorful calendars of Senators Mar Roxas (his wedding picture with Korina), Loren Legarda, Manny Villar and family, Juan Ponce Enrile, Pia Cayetano, etc;

Curtains: a film in three parts

The University of the Philippines Vargas Museum opens its 2010 calendar with the exhibit titled, Curtains: a film in three parts by Los Angeles based
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