The Central Bank and You

VERY few people pay attention to the activities of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
Which is a pity.
After all, it is arguably the most powerful institution in the Philippines.
While the Philippine presidency reigns supreme over the country’s armed forces-or at least theoretically-and all the agencies which control our public lives, the BSP does a far [...]

Should Alan Greenspan start blogging?

The answer seems yes, he should.
Or at least according to Kevin Hassett, the US economy columnist of the financial news service provider established by the current mayor of New York City. Hassett, in his recent column, said that Greenspan can still move markets, thanks to his arguably spectacular performance as US Fed chairman. When Greenspan [...]

Even ignoring Paris Hilton makes news

Or so says the Associated Press, whose reporters “imposed” a ban on covering the hotel heiress for a week. Click here for more.

Book Review: Poverty of Memory by Renato Redentor Constantino

HOWEVER cleverly written, newspaper columns have never been given a decent break.  Treated as the poor cousin of the essay, opinion columns and other similarly-configured pieces of writing have been disallowed membership into the literary club.  Which perhaps explains why in the early nineties, Adrian Cristobal decided against asking fellow columnist and current Makati representative [...]

Cheap Thrills: How to buy second-hand gadgets without going gaga

EXCEPT for drinking cold beer, ogling hot women and occasionally
scratching their private parts in public, perhaps no other obsession
has made more fools out of men than their preoccupation with gadgets.
Yes, gadgets, otherwise known as handy pieces of equipment, usually
electronic, significantly overpriced, and generally packed with
features so advanced these are ignored, and are often rendered
useless.
Whether mobile [...]