Books or Bolos?

I have been so busy I neglected this blog.
Thanks to those who have not lost faith.
My Inquirer column today on Rizal and the education of his nephews.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20110517-337067/Choosing-between-books-and-bolos

Temptation of Saint Anthony

My Inquirer column today on Fort San Antonio Abad
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100312-258114/The-temptation-of-Saint-Anthony

‘Mambo Magsaysay’ and Quirino’s golden ‘orinola’ - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

My Inquirer column today on the Philippines in the 1950s

‘Mambo Magsaysay’ and Quirino’s golden ‘orinola’ - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Knives and beauty queens in the 1970s - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

My Inquirer column today on the Philippines in the 1970s

Knives and beauty queens in the 1970s - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

The Swinging 60s

My Inquirer column today on the Philippines in the 1960s. Gloria Diaz, Flash Elorde, Rufino Cardinal Santos, ruby Topwers Earthquake etc

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100302-256286/The-Philippines-at-the-dawn-of-the-Space-Age

‘Quezon’s curse’ - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

My Inquirer column today on "Quezon's curse." He preferred a "government run like hell by Filipinos to one run like heaven by Americans." Well he got what he wished for and that may partly explain the mess we are in today.
‘Quezon’s curse’ - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Toilet humor - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

My Inquirer column today on toilets at the turn of the 19th century.
Toilet humor - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos