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Here’s Hoping the “Galunggong” Catch Outlasts Our Memory

Here’s Hoping the “Galunggong” Catch Outlasts Our Memory

by George Banez “If not adobo, what food do you miss?”  I asked Dr. Margarita Lavides, fellow academic residing in the U.S.  Currently teaching at universities in the New York metropolitan area, she moved to New Jersey in 2015. After earning her Ph.D. in the U.K. and...

Will the US Attack Venezuela?

Will the US Attack Venezuela?

Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its roots has a quarter-century pedigree. Stick around to the end of the article for an...

The Fall of the West and the rise of a new Dawn

The Fall of the West and the rise of a new Dawn

Giving the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 to María Corina Machado is the latest signal that the West has fallen even further than it has until today. To give the Nobel Peace Prize to a fascistic and violent Venezuelan trouble maker in the regime change payroll of the US shows...

The Unblinking Eye: Fifty Years Along the Afghan Fault Line

The Unblinking Eye: Fifty Years Along the Afghan Fault Line

My story is not one of a warrior, but of a witness. It begins in the hushed, anxious darkness of a village courtyard, under a canopy of indifferent stars. I was in the fifth class, a child nestled amidst the fearful silence of my family. The static crackle of my...

Humanitarianism is important, but not sufficient

Humanitarianism is important, but not sufficient

To understand the nature of a war and be able to make an informed decision, it is not enough to rely on what is happening internally within societies engaged in armed conflict. A state may be considered democratic in its internal functioning and still behave like a...