Op-Eds

What Filipinos can learn from the victory of Chile’s Boric

Rappler. 2021, December 21.

The Chilean youth demonstrated the possibility of becoming a unified political force by advocating demands that may transcend socioeconomic class and religion.

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When is it okay to commodify culture?

Rappler. 2021, August 8.

There is a thin line that distinguishes which forms of commodification are acceptable or unethical.

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“Tapang at malasakit”

The Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2021, April 25.

Life in the time of the pandemic would have been easier if only President Duterte had lived up to his slogan, “tapang at malasakit.”

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The irony of a “Ferdinand Marcos Day”

Rappler. 2020, September 4.

Is it possible to honor the revolution and the dictator it overthrew at the same time?

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Our disenchantment with EDSA

Rappler. 2020, February 25.

How can the popularity of the EDSA uprising be contested and reduced to ‘Aquino-sponsored’ political propaganda?

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It was more than just a dinner: On Imelda and the CCP

Rappler. 2020, January 28.

Some Filipinos enjoyed a lavish dinner to ‘honor’ a convicted plunderer while the Taal evacuees suffered from hunger and thirst.

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Making the Marcoses say sorry does nothing; here’s what to do instead

Rappler. 2020, January 14

How can we expect regret and repentance from a family that consciously alters the past?

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Nostalgia, conspiracies: The politics of recalling the Marcos ‘golden age’

Rappler. 2019, December 15

When nostalgia offers an illusion of a ‘golden’ past, we must be critical when politicians use it to promise a better future.

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