As we approach the inaugural that will seal the Marcos Restoration, we are starting to get glimpses into the President-elect’s approach to the presidency. This week’s The Long View

My column suggested simply saying “next” or “future” president instead of “presumptive.” We don’t know who’s helping put together his coming Cabinet but we know it’s half technocrat, half politico. The future First Lady is, likely, key. As it turned out, yesterday Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte were proclaimed…

Last night and this morning two more pieces, the first, in Spot.ph identified the political divide in the Philippines and what the dividing line is. It’s not class or education, it’s whether one believes in protest rallies or not. …

Paying tribute to Rod Hall. He lived a remarkable life and did remarkable things. He made possible the preservation and digitization of our family’s personal papers, for which we will always be grateful. This week’s The Long View

This is the week of the Marcos Restoration and the first glimpses of the New Society redux. A Kodak moment, the New Society 2.0 to capture who’s “in”: L-R: Greggy Araneta, Kevin Tan (Megaworld’s Andrew Tan’s son), FM Jr.,, Sabin Aboitiz, Johnny Velasquez. …

I am grateful to .@asiasentinel for giving me the liberty and the space, to tell this story in full. The Marcos Restoration accomplished on May 9, 2022 began on May 11, 1992. But many things, including the unexpected, had to happen first. In the Asian Sentinel The Marcos Restoration: 30 Years In The Making…

Initial thoughts written late last night with a few thoughts from this morning. When the polls closed, the real story, I said online, more than the numbers coming in, is the number of people stubbornly still at the precincts, waiting to cast their votes, for whichever candidate. …

Monday is election day. There will, of course, be a post mortem to come. But here, too, is a pre-mortem! This week’s The Long View

With nine days to go before elections, a look at the Ten Percent for whom election day will merely be a formality. This week’s The Long View