ZALDY Co, some think, dropped a bombshell that has sent Malacañang scurrying into damage-control. Others think he has spun a fib — many, dismissing him as a probably paid or richly compensated “asset” ...

Across the world, romanticised expectations of democracy have collided with social realities, resulting in a pragmatic turn where stability outranks ideals.

Engelmann says that from the beginning of the Western intellectual tradition, people thought that only humans are rational.