Do you hear the children crying, O my brothers / ‘Ere sorrows come with the yearsâ€? The Victorian poet Elizabeth Barret Browning penned that poignant…
“You are – what ?,†we asked the man who walked into our computer nook. “I’m your new driver, sir. Your…
“He who opens a school door, closes a prison,â€Â  French author Victor Hugo wrote. By the end of this decade, two…
The grey-haired visitor from Brussels was perplexed, “Where,†he asked,.†did your birds disappear to?†In his native Belgium, storks tiptoe…
English today is “the most widely learned second language.†Scientists write in it. Major newspapers and 24-hour stations use it. So do…
(A friend, from our UN past, emailed this feature which he says was written by former Sen. Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. You may…
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(“NEW YOLK†reads the   signboard for a Los Banos egg distributor’s shop, a former UN colleague emailed from Laguna. “Reminded me of your earlier feature on  Pinoy names like…
A  British journalist and a business executive from England have written, a decade apart, witty features on unique Filipino names that we take for granted but stun foreigners. “On…
“I hate millionaires,†Mark Twain once cracked   “But it’d be dangerous to offer me the position.†Well, I have news for…
The silver-haired visitor from Brussels was perplexed. “Where did your birds disappear to?†he asked. His disquiet stemmed from a…