The Connector
Acknowledging Malcolm Gladwell who, in his book, The Tipping Point, defined "connectors" as people who "link us up with the world", this on-line column hopes to be instrumental in ushering for social change to happen by bringing people of different minds together for the common good.
Tony La Viña
Atty. La Viña served as the Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) from 1996-1998. He is currently the Dean of the Ateneo School of Government. Atty. La Viña obtained his Masters (LLM) and Doctorate in Law (JSD) from Yale Law School and his first degrees from the University of the Philippines (in law) and the Ateneo de Manila University (in philosophy). He placed third in the 1989 bar exams.
Articles by Tony La Viña :
- Impeachment Article 3: A Primer
- Impeachment is political and, yes, legal
- Judicial Impeachment: The U.S. Experience
- Constitutionality of DOJ-COMELEC Panel
- The Arroyo Chronicles: Introduction
- Mindanao War Of The 70’s
- Two good men
- Looking For The Next Ombudsman
- Historical Notes On Impeachment (Part I)
- Now an Auspicious Time to Revive Chacha
- Truth-telling by Heidi Mendoza
- A New Year’s Resolution to be a Better Citizen
- Free the Morong 43!
- Conditional Cash Transfer: Challenges, Prospects
- The Joy of Teaching
- Freedom of conscience -Then and Now
- Supporting the Amnesty
- Is the DILG arrangement legal?
- Will heads roll after the probe?
- Finally, Some Good News
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Avengers Assemble As our movie houses are conquered by “The Avengers” and as that pelenovela (political-economic telenovela) unfolds in the Senate, some other matters with long-term implications are transpiring in the halls ... Read more Warp 9! | Louie Montemar | Friday, 18 May 2012 | Hits: 40 | Comments |
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