Superstition

This week, we talk about the children from San Fernando, La Union, who were supposedly possessed by demons after taking selfies under a plum tree.

This week, we talk about Congressman Grex Lagman's proposed bill that would recognize the property rights of same-sex couples. Then, we talk about superstitions and the consequences of teaching them to children.

This week, we talk about Congressman Grex Lagman's proposed bill that would recognize the property rights of same-sex couples. Then, we talk about superstitions and the consequences of teaching them to children.

To the writers, researchers, producers, and hosts of TV programs that promote superstition among Filipinos, I ask you to rethink your values.

The familiarity of the Jesus story has anesthetized us from what is at the heart of the ritual. Millions of men, women, and children are moving around a wooden statue of a bloodied victim of torture, capital punishment, and God-sanctioned human sacrifice. The Black Nazarene is an ironic pornographic celebration of violence—the overt violence of the past and the more subtle violence of the present.

Some superstitious people consider the number 4 unlucky because it sounds like the word "death" (死 pinyin sǐ) in Chinese. What does this...

Writing this now sitting at plenary hall of Congress. Am listening to yet more ludicrous delays by the anti-RH congressmen in...