Category: Candid Perspectives
Racism And Our History
by Emil Guillermo “Emil Amok: Lost NPR Host…,” the one-man show I’m doing at Under St. Marks Theater in New York City now (head to [Read More…]
Biden Connects In Confident, Optimistic State Of The Union Address
by Emil Guillermo My father was one of the first Filipinos to arrive in America in the 1920s. If Willie Guillermo were alive, he’d be [Read More…]
Tyre Nichols; Half Moon Bay Suspect Confesses; Corky Lee; And How You Can See Emil Amok In NYC
by Emil Guillermo After this week, there will be just one civil rights story in America—the video of the beating of Tyre Nichols at the [Read More…]
Jumpstarting The New Congress Hearkens Back To Ugly Immigration History
by Emil Guillermo And we’re off into the deeply divided world of politics. It took some flips, and I don’t mean Filipinos. After 15 rounds [Read More…]
The Georgia Runoff, Herschel Walker As Werewolf, And Hawaii’s Jacob Batalon
by Emil GuillermoNow that Georgia has given the Democrats its 51st Senate seat, the news is good for the 50th state. The Democrats will now [Read More…]
Thankful For My Pre-Holiday Colonoscopy
by Emil Guillermo This Thanksgiving, President Joe Biden pardoned Chocolate and Chip, two North Carolina turkeys. But don’t forget about the other 45 million unpardoned [Read More…]
Michelle Steel’s Shame, Mejia’s Rise, And An Exit Poll That Includes Filipino Voters In The 2022 Midterms
by Emil Guillermo I knew it wasn’t going to be a “red wave” even before CNN said Brian Schatz won in Hawaii. That was really [Read More…]
How To Vote Filipino
by Emil Guillermo Here’s a test of your electoral Filipino-ness. If Larry Itliong were on the ballot would you vote for him? Such an existential [Read More…]
Finding Filipino American History In The Dred Scott Decision; And, Ishmael Reed’s New Play
by Emil Guillermo This October marks the coincidence of the new Supreme Court session, the Filipino American History Month, and the opening of a new [Read More…]
The Queen’s Passing, The Obama’s Portraits, And American Democracy
by Emil Guillermo On the same week Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96, Hawaii’s Barack Obama was back in the news. And it was [Read More…]
