Joel Pablo SaludFreedom of the press and Duterte’s long, unmistakable shadowFreedom of the press is never freer than when it comes at a steep price.5 min read·Aug 30, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludSalman Rushdie: Literature as our imaginary homelandsWriters long for safe, quiet spaces.6 min read·Aug 16, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludIf you can’t tell rumor from history, you’re screwedOn June 30, 1981, roughly 41 years to the day Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. delivered his inaugural address as 17th President of the…5 min read·Jul 4, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludWe are legionThursday, June 30. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. would be inaugurated later in the day as the 17th President of the Republic of the…6 min read·Jun 30, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludAgri to disagree: Stop harassing and killing farmersListening to president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is like getting caught in a worm hole.6 min read·Jun 21, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludAn open letter to my childrenBy now you know the monsters are back.5 min read·May 12, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludThe invasion of Ukraine gives Putin a hellhole of lousy choicesHopping into the Salvatore Ferragamo shoes of Russian president Vladimir Putin just to get a feel of what some describe as his…5 min read·Mar 5, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludMarcos as ‘Messiah’: Nothing can be farther from the truthFlattery, zealousness, infighting, myth-making, jealousy, unquestioning devotion, betrayal. If you look at the stories behind a tyrant’s…10 min read·Feb 21, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludWe are the resistance: #CourageON*Even as I write this, Mexican journalist Margarito Martinez was shot dead outside his home in the northern border city of Tijuana. He was…5 min read·Jan 18, 2022----
Joel Pablo SaludThe Years of Magical Journalism: The Provocateur that is Joan DidionLife changes in an instant / The ordinary instant ~ Joan Didion, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’5 min read·Dec 24, 2021----