№ 779. Hey stupid, what about the Philippine Economy!

Tribune

Bite Back

Politics as entertainment is precisely just that. Popcorn. Sleight of hand to trick our attention. What about our economy? The country now is glued to Tiktok, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram all of which generate and spread political memes, soundbites and daily doses of entertainment. What is happening to our PhilHealth, SSS, Maharlika Sovereign Fund, per capita GDP, inflation, ad infinitum?

"Bread and circuses" ("bread and games") panem et circenses. 

Meanwhile who is minding the economy? Where are we headed?

Next season, Midterm Elections. After that, Impeachment. Meanwhile quo vadis, Philippines?

New York Times

Why Do We Equate Kindness with Leadership?

Reuters

№ 528. Rule of Law

William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!” 

Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?” 

William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!” 

Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!” 

― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons 

 

Adam Zyglis