Today’s View: The logic of history
By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today
Today’s View: Reformism vis-a-vis Radicalism
By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today True social transformation can only occur in a radical movement for change -- an uprooting of the primary causes of the problems that beset society, and a subsequent institution of structural elements in the newly established social order.
Today’s View: Utang kabubut-on, a pernicious trait
ByDON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today Indeed, the conscious and faithful adherence to the injunctions of utang kabubut-on is a formidable trait among Filipinos, such that it has become a pernicious weapon wielded by politicians as a means to garner votes.
Today’s View: Of poverty and acts of charity
By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today In a society where the teeming majority of the population is poor -- miserably poor -- acts of charity are not only a welcome gesture. It is generally regarded by the people themselves as a kind of saving grace.
Today’s View: Remembering Ka Pepe Diokno
By DON J. PAGUSARA Davao Today In his usual emphatic but rhythmically pleasant style he said, “You know Don, the greatest mistake of Marcos is that he let the military taste power.”