Deantastic!

JD Salinger of The Catcher in the Rye fame passed away in his Cornish, N.H. home last Wednesday at the age of 91. The famous recluse who has lived away from the public eye since 1953 died of natural causes.…

But I mean, ah, I watch the fight you know. And you know, Pacquiao have difficulty boxing Cotto, butCotto find it, I mean, he think, you know, he think it’s harder to fight Manny. Manny lose in the first round, you know, I mean, ahh, it was hard to, uhm, I mean, measure Cotto, you know. But I mean, in the next, ahm, rounds, you know, it easy for Manny already.

On this occasion, I join my countrymen—no, the entire world—in celebrating the life of Corazon Aquino. She may have left us, but her legacy remains and will always remain alive and well. On this sad occasion, I join the entire world in mourning a profound, deep loss of a beacon and icon.

Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, rest in peace. You will never be forgotten.

History has just been made. Barack Hussein Obama has been sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, and is the first African-American to hold that title.

This inauguration began with the four-whistle train ride from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., akin to the one Abraham Lincoln took centuries prior. In addition, Obama was also sworn in with his hand on the same Bible Abraham Lincoln used during his inauguration—a presidency peppered with history, indeed.

But Obama’s inauguration and tenure is historic in other terms as well. The United States is in what some are calling Great Depression 2.0—jobs are being shipped overseas and families are losing their savings at an alarming rate. There are conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world that America just can’t seem to end. The country’s image in the world has been tarnished by eight years of failed government. Washington politics are broken, corrupt and have gone against the very essence of democracy, that is a government from, for and by the people.

When America elects its next president come November, it will have to decide between two starkly different candidates—the seasoned John McCain, who believes in spending billions of dollars on the war in Iraq, but thinks twice about spending millions of…

I watched Hillary Clinton address her supporters in New York just minutes ago, and just like everyone predicted, she refused to concede to rival Barack Obama. She says she “won’t make any decisions tonight”, and will consult with party leaders…

What’s this I hear on Engadget about the UK planning to record every phone call, email and web page sent by its citizens? Says Engadget,

the Telegraph is reporting that Britain’s Home Office is working on database designed

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The right ear article on today’s Philippine Daily Inquirer is headlined: “UK study: Fat is bad for global warming.” Uh-oh. Look familiar?

In fairness to Gore, I support his whole global warming campaign, but he’d better hit…