Category: Candid Perspectives
Loida Nicolas Lewis Shares Life Lessons In New Book
by Emil Guillermo As Joe Biden announces his run for a second term for the presidency, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Filipino American more [Read More…]
From the Big Apple to the Big Pineapple—Some Thoughts As I Await America’s First Presidential Indictment in History
by Emil Guillermo I’m still in Manhattan as I write this and I’m wondering, if New York is the Big Apple, why isn’t Honolulu the [Read More…]
How I’ve Given Up Real Life For Lent To Be An Actor. But Just For 45 Days Or So.
by Emil Guillermo “Bloody Sunday,” the day of the 1965 Selma march for voting rights and social justice and the violent response to it by [Read More…]
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…]
