Opinion

Why UAAP sucks?

Para sa aking huling column, gusto kong punahin at balikan ang mga issue sa larangan at mundo ng sports. Minsan mo na sigurong narinig, napanood maski isang laro, o ‘di kaya’y nahumaling sa University Athletic Association of the Philippines o…

Magpahinga habang bùhay

Habang pinagsasabay kong tapusin ang worksheets ko sa Genetics, reaction paper sa Environmental Ethics, at mga deadline ko sa iba’t ibang supplements sa Heraldo Filipino (HF), sumabay din ang inaabangan kong Convention for the Arts at Art Fair 2017 sa…

While I breathe, I hope

I have the weirdest-sounding column ID—Dum spiro, spero—and you can scan around other column IDs to see what I mean. Although it sounds like a Harry Potter spell, it isn’t—but it carries just as much power that can change our…

Post-truth cancer

Now, my thesis might define “post-truth” along the lines of an adjective that appeals to emotion over objective facts in shaping public opinion, but without the confines of the political correctness of the academe, let me explain post-truth in all…

The new colossus

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” These are the last five…

Beyond compare

It was an ordinary day when my little brother came home upset after visiting his friend a few blocks away and said he liked his friend’s house better than ours. This was before he went on to bluntly say he…