Learning Life’s Lessons, Maria Sharapova’s Phoenix Rises
The Serbian loser was disappointed, of course; she had only her tears to show. The Canadian reporter was disappointed too; she had only her complaints to write. They were both missing the point – the January 26 Australian Open victory of the Russian winner was of another kind. It [...]
The Rebel Writer Writes, And Having Writ, Moves On
I am not a scientist, thank God. I believe science is too serious a matter to be left to scientists alone. This time I’m going to write about theory and practice of science writing – I theorize, you practice.
Based on his deduction, Isaac Newton comes up with [...]
To Sow The Wind And Reap The Whirlwind
October 1988: Professor Hartmut Michel wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. January 2008: The feisty and prestigious Professor Michel continues to wage a campaign against biofuels, comes to the Philippines and wins over, among others, the feisty & prestigious Philippine Daily Inquirer – he doesn’t win me [...]
Ethanol Corn Or Sugarcane? ‘Sweet Sorghum Is Smart’ – William Dar, ICRISAT
Sorghum makes a revolutionary theory: Smart! For biofuel, a paradigm shift from American corn to American sorghum, from Brazilian sugarcane to Brazilian sorghum, that’s smart. To make ethanol, corn is fine, sugarcane is sweet, but sweet sorghum is sweet smart.
‘Sweet sorghum is the [...]
The Rebel Writer’s Guide For Non-Dummies
Who am I talking to this time? They would be public speakers, lecturers, PowerPoint presentors, resource persons, debaters, reviewers, essayists, biographers, autobiographers, authors, ghostwriters, columnists, journalists, consultants, managers, even proposal packagers in science. And why is that? All of them must be good writers first before they can be good [...]
Celebrating Centennials & Counting
A record, I suppose; for the record, I Francisco have written 100 Franciscan essays published online by the American Chronicle in the last 100 weeks, from February 2006 to December 2007. I didn’t count before, but those 100 now make me feel I count a lot.
100 suddenly is important to me, [...]