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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.

Post-election thoughts

The march of history is ultimately about liberation and empowerment: the freeing of slaves, the political empowerment of women, the desegregation of races, the decolonization
 

Single-Issue Catholics

A good number of Catholics are not voting for Obama because they only have one litmus test for the candidates: pro-life or pro-choice. For them, ...
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Scapegoating minorities

Many in the political right have merrily espoused and vigorously circulated the view that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 is to blame for ...
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Who am I? Why am I here?

More than 70 million people watched the Biden-Palin debate, making it the second most-watched political debate ever (surpassed only by the 80.6 million viewers who ...
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Round 1: Obama

While McCain did a generally good job in Friday’s debate, I give the first round to Obama. The latter’s nimble command of the issues quashed ...
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Staying above the cesspool of lies and deceit

No, the Philippines is not the only country drowning in a cesspool of political lies and deceit. The peak of the election season in ...
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New Story for New Year

Here’s a paradox of our times: The smartest achievers who are the movers and shakers in their communities and organizations are also the most highly ...
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Boston Tea Party Redux: A grassroots movement or a political dud?

If you watched Fox News on April 15 (the big tax deadline in the U.S.), you would think that America was on the precipice of ...
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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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