January 2012
December 2011
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UST ‘breaks rules’ for CJ Corona
In a special graduation ceremony in April 2011 at the historic Puerta Real, University of Santo Tomas (UST) conferred on Chief Justice Renato Corona a doctorate in civil law, summa cum laude.
He was one of six graduates to garner top honors during ceremonies intended to commemorate the university’s quadricentennial.
Kneeling before the UST rector and wearing a black robe and bright red cape,...
“In which branch of government would corruption have the most harmful effects on...”
– Philippine Human Development Report (2008/2009) via Shadow of Doubt. (via iwriteasiwrite)
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On Corona's Crown and His Claim of Being Democracy...
A friend of mine from law school feels alarmed that the articles of impeachment against Chief Justice Corona has passed the Lower House and effectively igniting the machinery of Impeachment next year. She feels that the dignity of the Judiciary is being assailed since apparently Corona ‘embodies the justice system in the land’ which I find curious. I find it curious because apparently...
(Self)Perception →
iwriteasiwrite:
I had an interesting conversation with a sociologist and a historian yesterday. In part we touched on the idea of self-assessed poverty, and how it intersected with Nick Joaquin’s A Heritage of Smallness.
It is difficult to question when someone rates themselves as poor. But I think it is an important question to ask. By what standard of living can we self-differentiate...
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“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to...”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“History … is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and...”
– Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (via historical-nonfiction)
Dear Left: Corporatism Is Your Fault →
whakahekeheke:
I’m not usually one for polemics. But sometimes polemics is called for.
Here goes.
Dear members of the moderate left,
America is suffering from rampant, run-away corporatism and crony capitalism. We are increasingly a plutocracy in which government serves the interests of elite financiers and CEOs at the expense of everyone else.
You know this and you complain loudly about...
