PANGULONG TUDLING
Pagtatanggol sa Punong Mahistrado
Katulad ng iba pang sangay ng pamahalaan, ang hudikatura ay madalas na nababatikos ng pabatiran at ng mga mamamayang may malasakit sa bayan. Kadalasang ibinabato sa sa hudikatura ang mga puna hinggil sa katiwalian o kahangalan ng maraming hukom, dili kaya'y sa kakapaghalo ng dalawang katangiang ito sa marami-raming hukom.

SA ISYUNG ITO
To an Unborn Child
"It was, undoubtedly, unfair to let you die," writes Samantha, who described herself as a "poor girl who was not ready to be a mother, who had no choice but to get rid of her unborn child."

Usapang Puki
Join James Nicolay as he tells as about "a night of great oral interpretation". As he reviews the staging of Usapang Puki--the Filipino version of Vagina Monologues--at the Aldaba Theater in UP Diliman, he desribes as profound the words of one of the interpreters: "Ang mga Kristyano ay walang mga puki."

Tongue-tied: Centers, Margins, and Their Filipino Tongues
If there is WASP (White, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant) in the USA, there is KaLaT (Katoliko, Lalaki and Tagalog) in Pilipinas. Dennis Aguinaldo discusses the formula for the societal power-wielders in the Philippines and hopes for better treatment of the culturally-marginalized Filipinos.

War Against Terror?
"Let us not allow ourselves to be used as pawns in a war we have nothing to do with," Alexander Martin Remollino writes against the United States' war of aggression and its military intervention in the Philippines.

Thoughts on the Bonifacio Monument
Francis Acero wonders "why the National Historical Institute wants to save such a decrepit non-landmark like Monumento." He asks: "Is this how we're supposed to remember Andres Bonifacio?" as he reminds us that it was Bonifacio, and not anyone else on our monetary series, who was responsible for the forming of the Katipunan and giving meaning to the word Filipino.

Sometimes, That Thing is Just Isn't What It's Cracked Up to Be
"Trouble with most people nowadays," Gilbert Trillana writes, is that "we treat the four-letter-word as something to play and mess up with, not to take hold of, reflect deeply, and cherish it for posterity." Let him share with you his experience of that four-letter word.

Munting Pangarap
"Malaya tayong mangangarap, malaya nating maiguguhit ang isang lipunang tahimik at payapa, at malaya nating mailuluklok ang isang pamahalaang tumutugon nang sapat sa pangangailangan ng mga mamamayan," ani Rodel Mayores. Samahan siya sa pangangarap.

We Say NO!
Liza B. Lamis of the Women's Desk of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines writes about the women's resistance to US military intervention. She writes that Mary, Jesus' mother, also has words for , the ever arrogant and self-righteous USA: "'God drags strong rulers from their throne and uses his powerful arm to scatter those who are proud." (Luke 1:51-52, CEV).

Sa Unos ng Nagdaan
Samahan si Guerera sa kanyang pagtahak sa gitna ng unos hanggang sa kanyang pagsalubong sa muling pagsikat ng araw.

PITAK
Students, Faculty Protest Ban
Ateneo Disapproves Campus Staging of ‘The Vagina Monologues’
By Alfred A. Araya Jr.
© CyberDyaryo, 01 March 2002
MOVED BY the power of a play in which women talk about the most intimate part of their bodies to convey stories of abuse, silenced sexuality, and violence against women, four young college students thought it would be a good idea to stage the play within their campus.

MAIKLING KUWENTO
Anibersaryo
Ni Vladimeir B. Gonzales
"Through the years… you've never let me down… you turned my life around… the sweetest things I found… I found in you…
"Okey 'tong videoke mo, pare! Ito talaga ang gustung-gusto naming kantahin ni Sonya. Palagay ko kakanta kaagad iyon pag-uwi niya. Sayang nga e, kasi ibebenta ko 'tong VHS player namin, medyo kinakapos kasi kami ngayon. Ikaw pare, gusto mo ba ng VHS? May discount pag ikaw ang kumuha. Ano, pare, gusto mo, kukunin mo ba, ha pare, kukunin mo na, ha?"