Category: Editorials
Happy All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day
At this very moment in Rome, Catholic bishops and leaders are meeting with Pope Francis for the Synodal Assembly on synodality, to discuss and understand [Read More…]
Ceasefire Now in Palestine, the World Must Understand Context in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Context is everything in ethical journalism. Context is particularly paramount when reporting on war where lives are being taken. Context nullifies one-sided bias. Without context, [Read More…]
The Bayanihan Spirit in Action, Filipino Community Coming Together to Help the Maui Fires Victims
It’s encouraging and heartfelt that Filipino organizations across the state have risen to the challenge in the last two months by raising funds to help [Read More…]
Happy Filipino American History Month!
October is Filipino American History Month. Our population now sits at 4 million in the United States. While that is a relatively small number in [Read More…]
Raising the Retirement Age Eligibility to 70-Years-Old Would Be Yet Another Stab in the Back on Our Younger Generations
Make no mistake, a retirement income crisis will hit the U.S. as soon as more Gen X begins to reach retirement age. Currently, there is [Read More…]
Suicide Is Not an Individual Problem, But A Family and Community Problem
Suicide is often thought of as an individual problem. But suicide impacts families and close friends that often will become lifelong trauma survivors, particularly for [Read More…]
Rebuilding a New Future Is Never Easy, But It’s the Better Option When in a Domestic Abuse Situation
Domestic abuse is a crime. Let that sink in. People need to understand this. Some would say it is arguably the most craven, sinister, and [Read More…]
A New Global Super Bloc Is Born in BRICS, the U.S. Should Look at This as Opportunity for Cooperation, Not Antagonistically
The recent expansion of BRICS will result in a global powershift in geopolitics and trade from U.S.-Europe hegemony to BRICS as now being a coequal [Read More…]
Rebuilding Maui Will Be Complex, Require Focused Attention and Lots of Resources
Maui residents will tell you no one there could have imagined a wildfire could cause the scale of devastation that just happened – Lahaina leveled [Read More…]
The Maui Disaster Can Be a Catalyst for Change, for Unity and Sense of Connectedness for Our Country
When you listen to interviews of survivors from the Maui wildfires, you hear two common themes: one that they are grateful to be alive; and [Read More…]
