Elevic Pernis – The Road to Weirdom

Cover of The Republic (Penguin Classics) As far as I can remember, people have taken for granted that education is right. I also used to believe in this, and it is unthinkable for anyone to believe otherwise. Occasionally, special television programs debate whether education is a right or a privilege. The consensus that is always [...]

On my previous post, I reprinted an article I wrote on why I feel the call for greater state subsidy in the University of the Philippines is stupid. In this entry, I would like to reproduce another post I wrote later that year. The context is about the rants of leftist groups in UP, but [...]

I am taking this opportunity to repost a blog post from an old Multiply account titled I Oppose the Call for Greater State Subsidy for UP and other SCUs. This is timely because a fellow named Froilan Vincent Bersamina has generated the outrage of many people from my alma mater for challenging the taken-for-granted notion [...]