We see them every summer and we love watching them! They just make everything seem so easy. They always look like they’re in their first 10 minutes of the race. And they are the only males who look good in lycra - I’m talking about…

“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” — Roger Bannister (first man to ever run a mile under 4 minutes - May 6, 1954)

Q: Why couldn’t the bicycle stand up on its own?…

Last Friday, personal computers were sold legally for the first time in Cuba. And people flocked to the first authorized computer shop to see what a computer looks like. Many of them could only afford to…

“Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.” — Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 - March 14, 1883), Founder of modern Communism and co-author of “The Communist Manifesto”

Mexican communities all over the world are celebrating Cinco De Mayo fiestas today. So don’t be surprised if you experience an uncontrollable urge to have some tequila after…

Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. -Psalm 68

Arnel Gabutero reached the pawikan sanctuary in Davao last Thursday after a 3-day solo kayaking expedition. And he has brought our attention to the Philippines’ 10th annual celebration of Ocean Month. Show your…

“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” — Horace Mann, “Father of Public Schools” (May 4, 1796 - Aug 2, 1859)

Today we honor our valiant firefighters as we celebrate International Firefighters’ Day. Every first Sunday of May, fire sirens are…

I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. - Psalm 27

“Yes, I’ll have Philippine organic, please.” — Sometime in the (near) future, this will be heard from the mouths of coffee lovers around the world. And I know that this may come as a surprise to those who love their imported coffee. But efforts are being made to revitalize…

“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.” — Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (May 3, 1469 - June 22, 1527)

Today is World Press Freedom Day. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ‘everyone has the right to…

Mark your calendars for June 28, 2008 for the Manny Pacquiao vs David Diaz WBC Lightweight Championship Fight in Las Vegas. But wait! Something’s not right. I just read a news report that Pacquiao only started training yesterday, less than two months before the fight. And in his Abante column, our “Pambansang Kamao” was too busy talking about…

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
— US government official James F. Byrnes (May 2, 1879- Apr 9, 1972)

LSD Joke… A teenager asked his granny, “Grandma, have you seen my pills? They are labelled LSD.” Granny replied…

Filipino celebrities joined the international campaign against foie gras (say FWAH-GRAH) by taking the ‘No Foie Gras’ Pledge organized by PETA Asia-Pacific. The Pledge states that they will never buy or eat foie gras because they ‘believe that force-feeding ducks and geese with long metal tubes is extremely cruel.’ The signatories of the pledge include model Isabel Roces, Senator Bong Revilla, and veteran actor Eddie Gutierrez. Let’s follow their lead and do an online pledge against foie gras here…

Our quote today comes from Ludwig Büchner, born today in 1824. He was one of the philosophers who popularized materialism and based his worldview on the facts and discoveries established by the philosophers of the natural world (science). He was a medical doctor by profession but he had to quit when…

Happy Labor Day to everyone! Here’s a little story about an entreprenuer who hates the internal revenue service…