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Daring to look to the future

At my age and that of my other two co-writers on In Medias Res, looking ahead is no longer the act of hope and optimism. It is quite a... Read more

IT’S BEGINNING to look like a stretch, but assuming the integrity of the May 2013 mid-term exercise—meaning the votes cast were accurately counted by the Comelec’s problematic PCOS machines... Read more

Automation 2013: A Post-Mortem

I went early on May 13 to cast my vote. The precinct was in much better state than what we found in 2010. It seemed as though the different... Read more

The hijacking of press freedom

THANKS TO technology, press freedom is looking less and less like anything it’s been intended. Indeed, press freedom has been hijacked, to the extent that it now belongs more to... Read more

Press and online freedom (Updated)

In observing World Press Freedom Day 2013, we must include in our discussion the need to protect Internet freedom and its enrichment of human communication. I may not be its... Read more

Politicians and journalists

THIS YEAR marks the 20th year since the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared May 3 World Press Freedom Day. May 3 continues to resonate with... Read more

Election doldrums

In a country where people have called themselves "election-crazy," we seem to have lost it. There is little visible excitement, and I do not think it has to do... Read more

Elections and the crisis of information

ELECTIONS ARE the only means through which an allegedly free people can delegate their sovereign powers of governance to leaders they can trust to enforce their will. Electing the right... Read more

Part of the solution

SPECULATING ON the reasons for a suicide and attributing it to a single cause is a common and misleading habit of the media. The media also tend to make... Read more

Habemus Papam! The Papal Conclave in the Age of Media

I GUESS it was bound to happen. We have witnessed what the news can do with a religious and spiritual event. Sure, the papacy has global political impact, but... Read more