Happy race, funny laws By Al S. Mendoza WE are a happy race. Our tempers are under check most of the time. Did it not take us nearly 400 years before we allowed our blood to boil, in the process tearing up our cedulas led by Andres Bonifacio to spark…

Lozada case another gaffe in PNoy reign By Al S. Mendoza SEN. Alan Peter Cayetano is right:  President Aquino should have given Jun Lozada immunity from suit. He cited as reason the fact that Lozada is a key witness against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a graft case that the…

Even P-Noy is guilty of premature campaigning By Al S. Mendoza THIS talk about premature campaigning is all gobbledygook. Don’t ever believe anything.  Everything is hearsay. Look, many candidates for senators themselves had placed radio, TV and newspaper ads even before the official blasts of campaigning could even begin. One…

Greed, opportunism and duplicity By Al S. Mendoza THE Liberal Party of P-Noy has 12 senatorial candidates like the UNA (United Nationalist Alliance) of BEE (Binay-Enrile-Erap). Fine.  Nothing wrong there. But look again, fellas. Three candidates from both sides are the same. Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda and Grace Poe are…

Armstrong lesson:  Crime does not pay By Al S. Mendoza THERE is only one lesson to be learned from the Lance Armstrong case:  Again, crime does not pay. By stealing seven Tour de France titles, Armstrong has lost everything except his sanity.  For now? Doping was what propelled him to…

The gun ban By Al S. Mendoza P-NOY loves guns. I have no beef with that. Everyone’s entitled to own his favorite toy.  And, obviously, the gun is P-Noy’s favorite toy. Guns make P-Noy happy as columns, both the good and the bad varieties manufactured anywhere in the world, also…

Zeroing in on Marquez, Donaire & Pacquiao By Al S. Mendoza JUAN Manuel Marquez got his Christmas wish but not the yearend package. I refer to Marquez’s sixth-round knockout win over Manny Pacquiao last December 9. It was more than a bonus as the win redeemed Marquez’s 2-1, loss-draw record…

Time for Pacquiao to assess himself By Al S. Mendoza ALL things must pass, even the good ones. By now, Manny Pacquiao should realize the truth behind that truism. Being a movie superstar is a good thing.  And that will pass. Being an astute politician is a good thing.  And…

Why not Happy All Year Round? By Al S. Mendoza WHETHER it’s by habit or tradition—what’s the difference?—we always greet everyone, “Happy New Year” days leading to New Year’s Eve.  And even on the first few days of the New Year. It is a habit—tradition?—as old as the universe, if…

Politics is also the art of rising from the ruins By Al S. Mendoza SIR Winston Churchill said, “Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous.  In war you can be killed once, but in politics many times.” How true. But Churchill, one of the best political…