It never dawned on me that dignitaries in public life were adept at playing my childhood game of hide and seek.  Responsible people are accountable and answerable to the public for the performance of their sworn duties and the consequences of penalty and failure to do them.  As stewards of public trust they are held to a higher standard.  The words responsible, answerable, reliable, accountable and amenable relate to obligations usually to a superior authority.  As stewards of...

Time is a very valuable thing we cannot afford to waste.  In today's gangrenous economy we can't afford to squander time for it is the very thing life is made of and it's what we are paid for.  We need to find time for anything that is worthwhile instead of whiling away with time.  We must use time wisely for once it passes it is gone forever and can never be retrieved.  It takes time for a seed...

The Cold War era was a chilling and dreadful history of power struggle between the superpowers.  It was a contest between those who saw a monolithic world and those who believed in diversity.  The Soviet Union sought to advance the cause of communism with its expansionist policy of...

There are troubles in households, problems in neighborhoods, crises in communities and quarrels in the nation's capital.  Convenience complicated our lives and technology compounded our problems.  If convenience and technology are what prosperity is all about, there is no point spending time, money and effort looking for peace which comes...

DON'T GIVE IN AND DON'T GIVE UP
by Jorge D. LomboyTue 2nd April 2013 
You will always find people wanting to influence you with something that is good.  But think before you leap for behind something that is good there is what... More

OUR MAIN DISH  
by Jorge D. LomboyFri 15th March 2013It is easy to talk and it is easy to argue, especially since talk and argument are our best sources of entertainment.  Talk and argument are entirely lip service and most... More

VESTIGES OF A DOUBLE STANDARD
by Jorge D. Lomboy  Sun 3rd March 2013A standard is a model as accepted as correct by custom, consent or authority.  It is a criterion for measuring acceptability, quality or accuracy.  An objective standard is a legal... More

SLAVERY OF THE FREE  
by Jorge D. Lomboy  Fri 15th February 2013Slavery is a situation in which one person has absolute power over the life, possessions and liberty of another.  It is the practice of keeping individuals in such... More

OUR BILL OF DUTIES
by Jorge D. Lomboy  Fri 1st February 2013Both natural born and naturalized American citizens are guaranteed certain rights more popularly known as the Bill of Rights.  The original American Bill of Rights consists of ten articles.  Amendments... More