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J. Manuel González
J. Manuel González
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Why I fear Trump will win
by J. Manuel González - November 5, 2024 - 12:00am
In our last presidential election, I predicted to friends on Facebook that Leni Robredo risked losing because her campaign was solely geared to the tastes and wants of the elite – more hospital beds (irrelevant...
An OFW pre-departure guide
by J. Manuel González - May 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike most employers in my industry, I have encouraged my employees’ understandable aspirations to improve their standard of living by getting jobs abroad.
Birthday in the Balkans
by J. Manuel González - April 26, 2024 - 12:00am
No one ever accused me of belonging to Philippine high society, but every now and then, someone makes a mistake and invites me to a high-class affair by accident. So it was that I wound up in Dubrovnik for someone’s...
High-end dining in the age of political correctness: An evening at the most expensive restaurant on earth
by J. Manuel González - April 18, 2024 - 12:00am
How I wound up dining at the Most Expensive Restaurant on Earth is a long story, so I won’t bore you with it, but rest assured it was not because I had money to burn and a few gears loose.
The only remaining possible solution to the Palestine problem
by J. Manuel González - February 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike previous peace plans from Kissinger to Kushner, my Two-States-But-Far-Apart plan maximizes everyone’s benefit, while limiting each party’s perceived costs/concessions.
The only remaining possible solution to the Palestine problem
by J. Manuel González - February 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Statespersons advised by experts started the Palestine Problem 110 years ago, and for 75 years statespersons and experts have tried to solve it, but have failed miserably.
The rise of the Right is the fault of the Center
by J. Manuel González - January 21, 2024 - 12:00am
... for pandering to the Militant Left.
Absence of competence: The DOT’s culture and scenery delusions
by J. Manuel González - July 15, 2023 - 12:00am
The Department of Tourism – the same DOT that crashed and burned with “Love the Philippines” – has appointed itself the National Expert on what constitutes 5-star, as well as what constitutes...
Love campaign crash and burn
by J. Manuel González - July 8, 2023 - 12:00am
Many public officials claimed to “love” the Love slogan, at least before the video was exposed as a fake that incorporated scenes from Switzerland, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, and the UAE. Like a competent...
Philippine tourism: Wrong choice of constituency
by J. Manuel González - June 4, 2023 - 12:00am
Who is the DOT supposed to serve? If your answer is “tourists,” you are wrong. The reason we want tourism is because it provides 15 percent of all employment, purchases goods and services from many other...
Philippine tourism: Still making the same mistakes
by J. Manuel González - June 3, 2023 - 12:00am
Most tourism secretaries are new to the industry and do the natural thing: rely on their subordinates.
Philippine tourism: Still making the same mistakes
by J. Manuel González - June 1, 2023 - 12:00am
The recent dust-up over Philippine advertising on London buses illustrates the perils of hoping Advertising can cure our country’s low international image.
Crypto’s last stand: Stablecoin
by J. Manuel González - March 15, 2023 - 12:00am
In December 2022 New York Times columnist Paul Krugman finally came round to making the same assertion I made in print four years ago: Not just crypto, but blockchain itself, is BUNK, a complicated and demonstrably...
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