The first lady at the crossroads

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CONFRONTED with the possibility of getting canceled in a geopolitical war with China, and one that could go nuclear and genocidal, we need to consider that in the end, to paraphrase John Maynard Keynes, we are all dead.

Our political leaders have an even shorter political life span — six years for a single-term president and for all those riding on his coattails.We need to make living with others much more bearable during the brief time we would be together. Kind and generous, self-giving and forgiving. Thinking of others first and forgetting ourselves. Rejecting quarrels and trying to work well with everyone.These are some of the things I wish her critics had told the first lady, Mrs.

The unfortunate Taberna interview has prompted at least one hard-hitting ideological critic of the Marcoses to suggest that the current first lady has managed to put the legendary Imelda Romualdez Marcos in the shade. According to this critic, Araneta-Marcos has outdone the incomparable 94-year-old Imelda, whom some Western lexicographers had honored with the word 'Imeldific.' I don't believe the comparison between the two is fair or correct.

First Lady At The Crossroads

 

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