Politics

In his first public event following his divorce with wife of forty years Tipper Gore, Al Gore went to the Philippines...

Sex education will be pilot-tested by the Department of Education (DepEd) in several schools starting June. This news should have been...

Risa Hontiveros may be a devout Roman Catholic but her values are very inclusive in the sense that she believes in...

Incompetent candidates seem to have flooded the top ranks of the election results and there is no other way to rectify this situation with an omnibenevolent God than to say that "He has a plan" — the glorious exemplar of non-thinking that appears at the end of every wild theodicean goose chase.

It is a common warning that when drinking, one should avoid any talk on religion or politics because that's a recipe for disaster.

When religious leaders endorse political candidates, there is an implied underlying assumption that they are 'merely' announcing the will of God to the people.

A 2004 report by the Catholics for Free Choice and Likhaan finds that no priest accused of sexual abuse in the Philippines seems to have been successfully prosecuted. In fact, most of them seem to be in active ministry today.

With out any form of leverage, we are just victims. Power, real power, comes from the ability to compel others against their will. A simple lesson on how to look at problems and find the solution.

The Catholic Church is doing a lot of puzzling things these days. After centuries of evasion tactics and BS, I think the world (including their believers) are on to their tricks. Journalists are having problems hiding their raised eyebrows/outrage/sarcasm. Read the news here.