By: Edwin de Leon There are probably more books and titles dedicated to life’s most perplexing wringer.  What is the meaning of life?  If we take this question on a purely biological basis, the short answer is “none”. Just as the universe has no meaning, so is the life ( or lives ) in it.  We give meaning to our lives… Read More »

“The great enemy of clear language is Insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.” (George Orwell, 1903-50, English Novelist) Marissa Odi Gonzales’ Immigration Services Team at 1008 Pape Avenue, Suite 2W in Toronto binds… Read More »

A WHOLE LOT OF FRISKING GOING ON

Back in the day, when we were geographically and informationally isolated, attending a private catholic or parochial school was de regueur. In my generation, it was a formalization of faith in a culture where religion was so prevalent that one could become a Catholic by assimilation. In the years prior and into the ’60s, life revolved around the… Read More »

Twelve innocent people, murdered in another mass shooting in the US. ( This commentary was originally written for the Phil Daily Inquirer in the latter part of Feb of this year. Since then there were three major mass shooting ( defined as at least four people shot ), two in Texas and one in Ohio. Officially, there have… Read More »

Teacher’s pay has gone up considerably since, but still below the rise in the cost of living. Still, there are grave gaps in training that may not be preparing would-be teachers to match a new generation of more knowledgeable students. Ms. Cruz asks rhetorically: “Are teachers themselves, competent readers?” To answer this, let me quote one of the… Read More »