Manuel L. Quezon III

My column today looks at impeachment, the Supreme Court, and its decision, and why I believe it is part of unfolding Fall of the 5th Republic in 2016...

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The triumph of the Marcosian approach to the law.

My column today looks at impeachment, the Supreme Court, and its decision, and why I believe it is part of unfolding Fall of the 5th Republic in 2016...

opinion.inquirer.net/185173/disca...

Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s Winning One War While It Loses Another Hamas’s fundamental plan for survival—their main strategic weapon against Israel—is Gaza’s humanitarian suffering. It’s the catalyst for international pressure on Israel. And it’s working, writes Havi...

Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s Winning One War While It Loses Another
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Personally, SC decision inseperable from revenge for impeachment of Corona including liquidation of Sereno; part of the unfolding fall of our 5th Republic www.quezon.ph/2022/02/24/1...

Occam’s razor is, no institution liable to impeachment has any reason to retain it as a viable accountability mechanism, so the more ways it can be neutered, the better, is their consensus.

The Green Wave The latest Philippine Supreme Court decision on the Impeachment Trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is a landmark on the road that leads to the Philippines' 2028 presidential elections.

An interesting read. open.substack.com/pub/pinoyind...

Chuck Mangione, dead at 84, was no hack with a horn

This is an important conversation to listen to. overcast.fm ABNVnYPJXYo

How the Colbert-Trump relationship tracked the downfall of late-night TV

What people worry about.

Food for thought from Scott Galloway. See: medium.com/@profgallowa...

Inside the Silicon Valley push to breed super-babies

The Right’s 1939 Project How a visible faction of the MAGA movement is revising American history, reviving dangerous conspiracies, and erasing the taboo against open bigotry.

The Right’s 1939 Project
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My column today makes a distinction between aligning with the majority or minority to get dibs on important committees, and the day-to-day and long-term bloc alignments that will matter more in the long run, for senators in the new Congress.

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My Husband Wants to Be Cremated. I’d Ignore His Dying Wish. The Mortician, HBO’s horrifying docuseries about a sociopathic undertaker, is proof that my family is right: Sitting up with a corpse is the best way to grieve, writes River Paige.

My Husband Wants to Be Cremated. I’d Ignore His Dying Wish.
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France's Parliament Calls Europe to Break with America and Partner with China In the latest sign that at least some consciences are starting to wake up in Europe, France’s National Assembly - the equivalent of the U.S.

France's Parliament Calls Europe to Break with America and Partner with China
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If Emanuel runs, he’ll bet on candor defeating the ‘culture police’

The Death of the Public Library Public libraries are in decline not because of the internet or because people are reading less, but because they have become de facto homeless shelters, writes Zac Bissonnette.

The Death of the Public Library
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My column this week asks if going after corporation-managed gambling helps racketeers: seeing that eliminating gambling is like trying to ban alcohol.

79 years of independence, when what waa begun in 1896 was fulfilled in 1946. Happy Republic Day!

Somebody Explain Why Everybody Loves Phil Rosenthal

Somebody Explain Why Everybody Loves Phil Rosenthal www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/d...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sisti...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

🇹🇭 Paetongtarn suspended as thousands take to the streets Everyone from Hun Sen to the big brains agree: it's over for the Shinawatra

A must-read from a seasoned --and spicy-- regional observer on the amazing goings-on in Thailand open.substack.com/pub/darimulu...

My column today looks at why we're a gangster's paradise but also why even well-intentioned crime fighters simply lack the means to get a grip on increasingly-sophisticated rackets.

Philippine Cockfighting Goes Online – and Deadly The lucrative and deadly world of e-sabong

Philippine Cockfighting Goes Online – and Deadly
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The last 3 popes recommend this book, which warns of a world without God url:https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265065/benedict-xvi-francis-and-leo-xiv-recommend-this-book-which-warns-of-a-world-without-god

‘The Bomb Lady’ and the Forerunner of the ‘Bunker Buster’ Used in Iran

‘The Bomb Lady’ and the Forerunner of the ‘Bunker Buster’ Used in Iran www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...