Monthly Archives: March 2005

Arab News Newspaper: A Puritan Republic: America’s Closeness to Islamic Ideals

A Puritan Republic: America’s Closeness to Islamic Ideals Manuel L. Quezon III   GILBERT Chesterton once quipped that, “A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things”. I was reminded of this due to the national convulsion in America over the fate of Terri Schiavo. She collapsed in 1990 from cardiac [...]

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Today’s Columns

A personal matter – INQ7.net is my PDI column for today. A Puritan Republic: America’s Closeness to Islamic Ideals is my column for today in The Arab News.

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Outed as an Editorial Writer

The Philippine Daily Inquirer weighs into the dispute between Publisher Teodoro Locsin, Jr. and the union of the old Manila Standard, now merged with Today to form Manila Standard Today. In its editorial this morning, PDI”s editorial, Conflict of interest – INQ7.net, takes the side of the union and uses me as an example: Manuel [...]

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If only I cook…

… but if you do, you may wish to check out: Market Manila – A food weblog that talks about ingredients, food, food stuffs, recipes, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe..

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The Philippines are or is?

In Filipino Librarian: The Philippines, Von Totanes asks why we refer to the country as The Philippines and not simply, Philippines. As a child, I once heard a speech of my grandfather in which he said, “The Philippines are your country and the only country God has given you,” and I asked my dad if [...]

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Capitol Planning

In Philstar.com – The Filipino Global Community, Paolo Alcazaren weighs in on the disparity between the dreams and attempts to scientific plan a national capital, and what we have ended up with today. And in the “Good Riddance” Department, the last remaining statue of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in Madrid has been removed: BBC NEWS | [...]

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Today’s Columns

The Perils of People Power is my Arab News column for this week. My Inquirer column for today is Defining terrorism – INQ7.net.

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