Category: Candid Perspectives
The Filipino Hostage Caught In The Middle In The Middle East; Plus, My Cousin Stephen’s Birthday
by Emil Guillermo Post-Thanksgiving week’s Black Friday was more like “Asian Friday” with a little something extra to be thankful for if you were following [Read More…]
What Do Asian Americans Think About Biden And Abortion?
by Emil Guillermo I don’t care for much for polls. Sure, I’ll write about them, but usually they say nothing about Asian Americans and what [Read More…]
Why We Remember 1587 As We Bid One Last Goodbye To Filipino American History Month
by Emil Guillermo Before we get all thankful in November, let us honor again the reason why October was officially designated Filipino American History Month [Read More…]
Filipino American History Month And My Birthday
by Emil Guillermo October is my birthday. I am 118. No lie. I won’t take a day off for Columbus, but I’ll take a day [Read More…]
Martial Law Comes To Broadway
by Emil Guillermo Unlike other mostly white reviewers of Here Lies Love, the new Broadway musical that plays into the seduction of the notorious Marcos family of [Read More…]
Can Lapu-Lapu In “1521” Draw A Crowd Like Olivia Rodrigo?
by Emil Guillermo Are you ready to kill the colonizer? You can on Oct. 2 from just about any AMC theater in the country. If [Read More…]
Clear Choice? Trump’s Mugshot, Biden By The Banyan
by Emil Guillermo It’s been a historic week in America. After a debate featuring eight Republicans who couldn’t get arrested, we now have one Republican [Read More…]
Trump’s Three Strikes, But Soon A Fourth
by Emil Guillermo I started performing my latest Amok monologue, “Emil Amok: Lost NPR Host…” in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 17 and 19. It’s [Read More…]
“Here Lies Love,” or Just “Her Lies?” The Autocratic Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos on Broadway
by Emil Guillermo When People Power forced the Marcoses to flee in disgrace, Hawaii was there to soften the fall of the dictator. Are Hawaii [Read More…]
The U.S. Supreme Court Loves You If You’re White, Rich, And Straight
by Emil Guillermo As it closed out its most recent term, the U.S. Supreme Court showed how far it will go to protect a dwindling [Read More…]
