Category: Candid Perspectives
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Justice For All
by Emil Guillermo You know it was historic if you saw it on television in Hawaii. Of course, Bucha and the atrocities committed by Russia [Read More…]
Hirono’s Aloha gives boost to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
by Emil Guillermo When the debate got tense and heated at the hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson last month, leave it to Sen. Mazie Hirono [Read More…]
We Know Evil In America Too
by Emil Guillermo Evil. It’s the opposite of Aloha. It’s evil we’ve witnessed these past few weeks. Russia denies it, but we can see for [Read More…]
Filipinos’ Memory of Marcos Foretells The Lesson For Putin; Plus, What Biden’s SCOTUS Pick Tells Us About America
by Emil Guillermo The State of the World and the State of our Union both came into view for what was a historic coincidence on [Read More…]
Super Bowl Made Me Wonder: Will There Ever Be Another Roman Gabriel?
by Emil Guillermo Last week, during Super Bowl LVI (56), I was thinking about Roman Gabriel, 81. Gabriel is the first Filipino American quarterback to [Read More…]
Filipino Chief Justice Would Have Been Perfect, But Not Now
by Emil Guillermo If you’re an Asian American Filipino, you don’t stand a chance. Such is the case when it comes to SCOTUS politics. On [Read More…]
What the Voting Rights Fight Says About Presidential Power
by Emil Guillermo If you are a post-2000 immigrant to the US, take some time this week to think about democracy, your right to vote, [Read More…]
The Jan. 6th Insurrectionists Aren’t Worthy Of The Name
by Emil Guillermo It’s been a year since the Jan. 6th Capitol Riots of 2021. Please don’t call the perps “insurrectionists.”Call them what they are. [Read More…]
Just In Time For Christmas – The Right to Vote?
by Emil Guillermo It’s Christmas time. Is there anyone out there pining for the right to vote? It is a democracy, after all. Even though [Read More…]
As 2021 Winds Down, the Ahmaud Arbery Trial Gives Us a Lesson in How To Get Racial Justice
by Emil Guillermo I’m still digesting all that’s happened this Thanksgiving holiday. I’m vegan, so it was all fake turkey. But the justice was real. [Read More…]
