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...bribing lawmakers to support her own impeachment. "What galls the public was that it was done so flagrantly," says political analyst and newspaper columnist Manuel L. Quezon III, referring to the bags of cash. "In the Philippines, everyone expects everyone else to be a crook. What Filipinos cannot stand is a brazen crook...
...Even if the allegations against her administration do stand up, Quezon says that apathy may allow Arroyo to stagger on to the end of her term - while Filipinos continue to cynically believe the worst of their politicians. That would also be business as usual...
...Dynasties still dominate Asia's political life, and, in doing so, stand squarely in the way of democratic progress. That's not a problem confined to Asia, but seems particularly acute in the region. In India, the otherwise rational Congress Party recently elevated Rahul Gandhi to general secretary - a potential stepping stone to Prime Minister - even though he had just led the party to defeat in the Uttar Pradesh state election and has articulated few fresh policy ideas. In the Philippines, one study has found that more than half the members of Congress hail from a political family. Even...
...only a stake in a horse, but also access to the paddock, pre-race chats with trainers and jockeys, and the chance to gloat in the winner's circle. Ed Marley, a syndicate member and managing director of a television production company in Liverpool, describes ascending the owner's stand at his hometown track as "one of the most exhilarating moments I've ever...
...witchcraft for six years. Samhain is a time when pagans celebrate the cycle of death and rebirth, explains Phoenix, the priestess of the ceremony, who declined to give her real name. Participants are cleansed at the beginning of the ceremony with a bell and fruit-infused water. They stand in an unbreakable circle protected by the four elements—Breezes, Fire, Oceans and Mountains. The “Green Man,” wearing a muscle tee and fishnet wrist warmers, reenacts death after dancing around the circle. In the crux of the ritual, participants walk down through...