"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
--Heywood Broun
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- There seems to be no real challenges and rivalries among the Philippines' young athletes today.
Their lead in the official medal tally as of this writing shows that National Capital Region (NCR) athletes are poised to again wrap up the 2017 Palarong Pambansa in San Jose, Antique.
The clock dropped below the final minute, and the previously raucous crowd in Hershey, Pennsylvania, grew quiet. An onslaught of Knicks held off the inevitable basket for as long as the mismatched squad from New York could manage.
Though metal grates protect the windows of the imposing brick building of this pre-K through eighth-grade school, the interior walls are decorated with art and echo with the sounds of chattering children. In class, one small group is working with a teacher while another collaborates over a set of laptop computers. When the bell rings, the students walk in order along the lines painted on both sides of the hallway floor. The teacher leading the way is wearing a onesie, and the children are following suit — it’s pajama day.
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron will be sworn in as the President of France next month, six months shy of his 40th birthday.
What is getting the attention of people the world over is his May-December love affair with his 64-year-old wife Brigitte, his teacher 24 years ago.
Teaching is not at all like it is in the movies.
Jesse Houser’s mom came to see me before his trial for first-degree murder. He’d written poems about his crime for my English class. Poems so disturbing I’d passed them on to the security guard. No administrative action was taken, no counseling suggested.
"We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell."
--Vicente del Bosque
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- We congratulate the Iloilo City Council in the Philippines for putting an end to the abuses of motor vehicle owners who used modified mufflers that caused terrible noise, inconvenience, and irritation without any concern to the public.
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."
--Michael Jordan
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- Hosting the 2017 Palarong Pambansa has catapulted Antique into the elite rank of Philippine provinces that embraced the spirit of Olympism.
