Manuel L. Quezon III @mlq3 - Bluesky Profile

My column today on how, the more you look at it, the more necessary and frantic the foiled Senate coup had to have been for those who attempted it. Will failure mean jail or getting off the hook, remains to be seen.

08.02.2026 22:56 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Today's column asks why Cabinet members are trying to hog the headlines when it leads to bigger problems for the more amateurish among them. There's a strategy at play, that's why.

03.02.2026 23:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My column today looks at the DICT again. Somehow one expects greater circumspection and deliberateness from an ICT-mandated organization.

02.02.2026 05:33 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Why communist leaders purge their generals

01.02.2026 02:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My column today is on how what Congress and the public have failed to do for 30 years --amend the Constititution-- the Supreme Court has done repeatedly. This gave an opening for a Marcosian legal approach to impeachment: rules that exist to be circumvented.

27.01.2026 23:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect.

Anbd you thought the era of the troll and bot was bad.

27.01.2026 08:23 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

My column today reflects on Randy David's categorizing the administration as a "caretaker." I suggest it's not the first to be a tread-water kind of government.

25.01.2026 23:09 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force

How Iran Crushed a Citizen Uprising With Lethal Force www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/w...

25.01.2026 22:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Face to Face With Jacques-Louis David, History’s Most Dangerous Painter Jacques-Louis David, artist and politician of the French Revolution, has beguiled our critic Jason Farago for years — and scared him, too. Let him show you why.

Face to Face With History’s Most Dangerous Painter www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

24.01.2026 01:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Manhunt for Filipino Gaming Kingpin Finally Under Way 68-year-old may already have fled the country

Manhunt for Filipino Gaming Kingpin Finally Under Way
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22.01.2026 01:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My column today looks at the unexplainable: factors rationally irrelevant but actually important which must be factored in. Why even our politics is, as Nick Joaquin described things, "Tropical Baroque."

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20.01.2026 22:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My column today looks at why the dynamics of running after corruption can be politically self-defeating and suggests having survived this long, the Palace may be confusing survival with victory.

19.01.2026 00:28 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

In the Public Square: Does BBM know what he’s doing?

The political outlook for the year is stormy, with a chance of impeachment and maybe even of a transition. The turbulent forecast contrasts sharply with the apparent lack of urgency, or preparation,… In the Public Square: Does BBM know what he’s doing?

A brisk and enjoyable discussion with John Nery on his Rappler show, on an intriguing subject.

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15.01.2026 02:00 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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14.01.2026 07:36 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My column today is on the battleground to come: the Blue Ribbon Committee and public opinion on expectations.

14.01.2026 00:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Today marks my first Monday column; henceforth my column will come out every Monday and Wednesday. Here I look at what we say about ourselves when it comes to corruption, according to this snapshot taken by SWS.

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12.01.2026 00:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0