“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Thus said Albert Einstein, supposedly, but this attribution is nowadays commonly disputed. What is indisputable, however, is the fact that President Marcos has ordered the revival of many programs and policies instituted during the 20-year rule of his late father in the hopes of ostensibly reviving the so-called golden age of the Philippines. Without a doubt, many of those policies produced stellar results, especially at
Walking around the Philippine Book Festival this weekend made me reflect on the books that shaped me and my time. I looked back on all the books I have published since 1986 and revisited my now-shattered dream of running a bookstore. Many years ago, I offered to buy La Solidaridad bookstore from F. Sionil Jose and his wife Tessie on the condition that they lease the building they own to me. I knew then that my bookstore would not succeed in a mall. Then the pandemic came and I realized that a bookseller needed an updated skill set. First is social media:
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