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Battling mediocrity

By Jim Paredes | April 19, 2009 - 12:00am

A friend on Facebook lamented an item about a passably average singer’s newly released CD garnering a gold record award recently while other singers who are immensely more talented can’t seem to...

Sunday Lifestyle

Mediocritization (Part I)

By CHASING THE WIND | By Felipe B. Miranda | June 10, 2003 - 12:00am

Mediocrity need not be bad. In a society where people are driven to excel, where they try to outdo each other in doing what is good for society as a whole, where efficiency, discipline, lawfulness and intelligent...

Opinion