The Long View Uncertainty and craving order By Manuel L. Quezon III Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 02:09:00 02/09/2009 LET me put forward this parable from The Analects of Confucius: – Chang asked Confucius, saying: What are the essentials of good government? The Master said: Esteem the five excellent, and banish the four evil things; [...]

(Free Press editorial cartoon from 1940) The President -and the Palace- is extremely pleased about wangling an invitation to attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, thereby dispelling the conventional wisdom that it is in bad odor with the Obama administration, and that the President and her husband are in hot water [...]