I’m back Stateside after my stint back home. Photos up soon.

At the moment, I’m living on the 13-hour jet lag and ripping my new CDs. Every trip home, I try to get mostly up-to-date with the OPM (Original Pinoy Music) scene:

• Hotdog, “Hotdog Greatest Hits”: An oldie but goodie, and Christmas gift from my aunt. Hotdog were one of the great ( Read more... )

Some thoughts on the US Bronze in the world basketball championships ( Read more... )

EDIT: OK, comments are enabled. have at you!ESPN was correct to carry the US Open golf tournament as its main story for most of these group stages of the Cup. Americans obviously care more about golf than they do about soccer--including those Americans whose job it is, ostensibly, to play soccer ( Read more... )

Ghana 2 - 1 USA ( Read more... )

A late reaction, so I’ll expand this post somewhat over what it would have been on Sunday or Saturday ( Read more... )

I had high hopes for a scoreless draw, as in T&T's match against the Swedes, but Team USA disgraced themselves today, losing in a 3-0 rout to a Czech side that was bigger, faster, stronger, and more aggressive ( Read more... )

Today we celebrate the heroics of the Mexican Army, which routed the French armies of Napoleon III at the Battle of Puebla--a stunning defeat of the last European attempt to impose its will on the New World by force. Indeed, supporters of the strong Federal government in the United States have great cause to remember this victory--had France been ( Read more... )