THE GARDENER’S TALE OF STEADY ELI
Eulogy for Eli Segundo Friendship Re-Membered Fifty-two years ago this year I met this young man from the North. He determined fast that I was from the South and we… Read more »
THE GARDENER AND THE TALE OF THE CORRUPTION-POVERTY LINK
This tale begins on the battle cry of the NoynoyAquino campaign for the Presidency. It was loud, almost gaudy: “absent corruption there is no poverty – pag walang korap, walang… Read more »
THE GARDENER AND THE TALE OF THE OTHER COCONUT TAX REFUND
The gardener re-visits the tale of the other coconut tax refund, the one long forgotten…[1] The past hundred years saw two kinds of taxes zeroing in on the coconut industry… Read more »
THE GARDENER’S VIEW OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Not long ago, a newly organized lay society[1] seeking revolutionary changes within the Christian church appointed the Gardener its “Director for Social Justice.” The Gardener organized a “committee” of practitioners… Read more »
THE GARDENER ON THE PHILOSOPHIES OF LAND OWNERSHIP
PHILOSOPHIES OF OWNERSHIP OF LAND Roman Law Philosophy(Basis of Slave System, Feudalism and Capitalism) Social Democratic Philo(Based on Major Religio-Cultural Traditions) Totalitarian Philosophy(Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist Systems) Absolute Right of private individual… Read more »
THE LUISITA: A GARDENER’S REVIEW OF THE CELEBRATED CONTROVERSY FROM LITTLE KNOWN SIDES AND ANGLES
DEEP BACKGROUND LAND REVOLTS The Philippines is a young country – but it is relatively old in land struggles. Hundreds of recorded revolts against the foreign land grabber which were… Read more »