45 times. Including the title, that’s how many times the word “hate” was mentioned in the essay I just read about the current state of the Philippines. That’s a lot of hate, especially for an essay of just 400 or so words. Don’t get me wrong, there was nothing that Miss Diamante wrote that I...
Category: A Nomad’s Opinion
Shame on you, Korina Sanchez – and shame on us for paying attention to you
Enough is Enough – Please Stop Fueling Mrs. Sanchez’s Fire My father always told me that unfortunately, even negative publicity is good publicity. No one seems to understand this better than Korina Sanchez, and it looks like she might be using us as pawns in her strategic game of chess. I thought it was bad...
Please Take This Into 2015 With You.
December 29, 2014 Last night I saw a Facebook post by a media company I follow. The headline read: “10 Ways The World Will Get Worse in 2015”. It featured a very depressing black and white photo of factories pumping thick, toxic fumes into the air. The quality of their articles had been getting worse...
2016, The Year We ALL Became Extremists.
To say that things got ugly in 2016 is a gross understatement. As an American traveling and living abroad, I’ve been able to watch what’s happened to my country from a distance. About 3 years ago, things seemed to really start heating up…and each new week brought another layer of anger, violence, and hatred to...