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2004
1. Star-struck Contentment
(Sept. 8)
"A
tourism industry will have one final achievement. Ideally, it will lead us
to rediscover ourselves as a people -- our contexts, our own voices, our
concepts."
2. In Defense of the Karaoke (Sept 15)
"For the intelligentsia and business elite who
cater to the philosophy that it's best to keep the majority stupider than
us, keep them contented and carefree, I suggest that as an annex of the
public school system we encourage likewise the distribution of karaokes/videokes
and Hallmark-esque love-song cd's . . ." 3.
Passion for Profit (and Vice Versa) (Sept 22)
"...who we buy is a reflection
of ourselves. Who we choose to sell to reflects whom we look up to. We are
judged thus, but mostly by ourselves, in the now and in the later. And
the reason why there is no law against an art patron's right to ruin an
artpiece he bought is this issue of trust between the buyer and the seller
who in essence have been morally (not legally) married to each other."
4.
A Quiet and Dangerous Game (Sept 29)
"Golf.
It's a game off limits to Filipinos."
5.
Passion for Profit (And Vice Versa) Part 2 (Oct. 6)
De Veyra picks up from where he left
off two issues back and, again, hits Art right on the money.
6.
The Changed World (or, Beyond 9/11) (Oct. 13)
De
Veyra leaves political analysis to better unpredict the future.
7.
America Not War? (Oct. 20)
De Veyra paints a realist mural,
starring the world's criminal cop. 8.
America Not War? (Second of Two Parts)
(Oct. 27)
Poet-artist De Veyra resumes to paint a realist mural, starring the
world's criminal cop. 9.
Art as Politics; Politics as Art
(Nov. 3)
De Veyra on anime fantasy, The Lord of the Rings,
Ralph Nader's freedom, and John Kerry's restraint.
10.
Love In The Time of Racism (Nov. 10)
De Veyra on Filipinos, Tsinoys,
Fil-Ams, Ams, Jews, Hitler, and fundamentalists. 11.
Love In The Time of Racism (Part 2) (Nov.
17)
"Were
I a communist and wise, I wouldn't campaign for the candidate who would
make this country a better place." 12.
Science's Perpetual Crucifixion (Nov. 24)
".
. . once science as a mental practice cum philosophy is assimilated into
religions as a way of living, then perhaps there will be less use of
faiths by corrupt men seeking wealth or fame or power via the
non-questioning teachings of dogma."
13.
The Complaints of Gossip (Dec. 1)
". . . complaining
about others makes one a respected journalist or a senator deserving of a
TV show while complaining about oneself merely makes one a poet, and
therefore a fool." 14.
Oranges and Apples (Dec. 8)
"The
colors you choose, with their politics and psychological effects, could
speak of a truth about you, but also possibly a lie." 15.
A Hobbesian View (Dec. 15)
"(Macapagal-Arroyo)
recognizes that today Poe will be the people’s good man, having been
weakened by Death and been Christianized completely." 16.
The Holidays (Neighborly Christians) (Dec. 22)
"I don’t
believe Christmas is anything more than for families to get together,
compare wealth notes, show churchgoers the latest fashion, consume ‘good’
food, increase Lucio Tan’s and PAL’s profits." 17.
The Holidays (Anatomy of an Explosive Powder)
(Dec. 29)
"This New Year’s Eve,
no one would like to believe that nothing will change in the coming year,
in Tacloban and in much of the archipelago."
2005
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