Congrats to the new Board, especially to my former students

Didn’t know that reincarnation was willful. Now I have one extra thing that I will need to plan for

Orson Welles, one my favourite interviews ever

These are not particularly “sexy” issues (save for VAT on electricity), but they precisely aligned to address very specific and varied constituent concerns.

Exhibit “A” below

Today would have been Ruben Balane’s 84th birthday.

Hindi uso sa Pilipinas yung nagiging artista para may pambayad tuition sa law school.

Almost forgot. Today marks the 79th anniversary the formal end of American rule over the Philippines, and the start of the continuous period since the country was internationally recognized as a sovereign independent nation.

The blessings of gay people in relationships as described in #FiduciaSupplicans will remain, affirms Vatican doctrine chief. vidanuevadigital.com/2025/07/04/doc…

I wonder if any of the Philippines presidents ever read the Robert Caro books about Moses/LBJ. Or any Philippine town mayor for that matter.

Sucks that because of that movie, Pete Seeger is now perhaps best known as the villain to Bob Dylan’s growth as an eventual Nobel-winning artist.

Today we remember Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ, on the fourth anniversary of his death. As a #Jesuit priest, he worked for the rights of marginalized communities in India for 50 years and died as a prisoner after being unjustly incarcerated for his work as a human rights activist.

But is it really possible that New York City could have a socialist mayor? “It would hardly be the first,” Galbraith says. “There was La Guardia.”

After a 4-year term that saw him launched to a red hat (and reportedly become a standout figure over the Francis-Leo interregnum), Card Ambo David gives his parting word as president of the Filipino bench: bit.ly/4nztkMF …with his successor chosen earlier today:

The four most influential adults during the first 20 years of my life, as seen when they themselves were in their 20s. These framed photos (two of which are nearly 100 years old) lay idle for years until this weekend, when I figured out where they should hang.

I hope that by reposting this, more people who are duly inspired would consider moving to Russia. wapo.st/3IfAVA3

In 2008, the American Bar Association issued its ranked list of the 25 best legal films ever made. My Cousin Vinny, the Joe Pesci comedy that won Marisa Tomei her Oscar, ranked #3 on the ABA list.

Something you don’t see every day: a Catholic Mass being celebrated in Canterbury Cathedral—once the very heart of the English Reformation—led for the first time by the Pope’s ambassador to the UK, in honour of the martyred St Thomas Becket.

How true is this of other professionals? (Can affirm this is certainly true of lawyers)

Ang hirap maging interesado sa mga hilig ng kabataan ngayon. Tapos, ang dali pa (dahil lahat ay online) na makisawsaw na lang sa mga kinagisnan noong ating kabataan. Iyon ang tadhana ng pagtanda.