About the book "Saints and Sinners" A religious man educated by the Jesuits, Larry Henares is fascinated by the God of men and the men of God, and with a wit and wisdom that passeth all understanding, posits how shit drove men to populate the earth and enlarge their brains. With incisive humor, he narrates how religious conflicts started with the Father Principle espoused by the Jews, Christians and Muslims and how Our Lady is bringing the world back to the tolerance and understanding of the Mother-based religions of ancient times. He writes of the Donation of Constantine, the greatest forgery ever perpetrated in history, by the Popes no less, lasting 1,400 years and promoting the dominance of the Catholic faith, how Spanish Dominicans deliberately manufactured saints in the Philippines including eight Asian saints and one Filipino saint, Lorenzo Ruiz. Then there are the hilarious accounts of the two Hounds of Heaven, Jesuit Father Kinik Bernas and Opus Dei numerary Bernie Villegas. Then Henares turns serious and writes of the Liberation Theology document called The Road to Damascus - which for the first time celebrates a church that stands for the poor and the oppressed. There are a couple of articles about the mysterious Opus Dei, one written by Henares with the assistance of a higher-up Opus Dei supernumerary, the other a series written by the prot g of Henares, a former Opus Dei priest who was number 6 in the local hierarchy of the Spanish dominated religious order, and is now Henares' executive assistant in Malaca ang, and producer of his television show, Make My Day Live. FOREWORD by Monsignor Nico Bautista Parish Priest, St. Maria Gorretti Parish Pius XII Catholic Center, Manila I am a Catholic priest. I met Hilarion M. Henares Jr., or Larry for short, in the days before the EDSA Revolution, when I was pastor of the St. Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri Church in the Magallanes Village. His parents and sister were my parishioners. I once delivered a stinging homily about the need for a consciencitized citizenry to counter the oppressiveness of the mighty and powerful. And lo and behold, the First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, came for mass the following Sunday. So did Larry Henares, and that is how I met him. He was even then an iconoclast who wrote thinly disguised attacks on the economic policies of Marcos and the IMF in the Bulletin Today, Business Day, and the Marcos crony press, and poking fun at the powers-that-be in the Mr&Ms Special Edition, the oppositionist press at the time. I am a bit of an iconoclast myself, in the same way Larry Henares is a bit of a priest. I say that because like every Jesuit-trained Atenean, Larry at one time wanted to enter the priesthood, inspired by the adventures of St. Francis Xavier in India and Japan, Edmund Campion in Elizabethan England, Matteo Ricci in China, Isaac Jogues and Jean de Brebeuf in Quebec. His Jesuit mentors incredulously observed, "Do you really think, Larry, that the life of a priest is like those of Tarzan and Superman?" and ended Larry's priestly vocation right then and there. But Larry prides himself as "child of God and of Father Reuter," and as such never follows the admonition to "avoid arguments about politics and religion." Time and again, as a columnist and a former member of the Sodality of Mary, he finds himself defending the Mother of God against born-again evangelists and fundamentalists. Nobody, he says, can denigrate Our Lady, "My Mother," in his presence, pointing out that his own mother was born on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and was baptized Concepcion in her honor. (More inside the book)
About the book "Villains and Heroes" Larry Henares' essays are often thought of as a morality play, with its own consistent set of villains and heroes. His villains are "crooks, clowns, morons and traitors" among the Philippine officialdom, and his greatest peeves are the colons and the colonials, American carpetbaggers and scallawags among his own people, "the hired hacks and paid pipers of foreign imperialism." His heroes are Rizal, Recto and all Filipinos whose loyalty and allegiance belong their own country rather than to a foreign power. In this book of essays, "Villains and Heroes," Larry really goes to town against "Mommie Dearest" Mother America (recalling the vitriolic biography of actress Joan Crawford by her daughter); against alleged CIA station chief Norbert Garrett, against Minister Phil Kaplan in a satiric essay that recalls the once famous story by Leo Rossten, recently deceased; Secretary George Shultz whom he called Fatso; and Ambassador Frank Wisner whom he called Frankenstein the Wisner of Oz. Here he recounts the long story of how the Senate of the Philippines finally rejected a one-sided Military Bases treaty with the United States. Then again, he writes of other things: a hilarious essay on the bathrooms and toilets of the world; on mediocrity and intellectual cretinsm, on the social conscience of economists. And finally on death, a heroic fight against cancer, on Atang de la Rama, the final exit of the greatest of his contemporary heroes: Pepe Diokno and Lorenzo Ta ada. Read and laugh your head off. Read, weep and gnash your teeth. Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Elvira Henares Esguerra, p.4 Chapter One: Personalities, p.9 1. Adrian's piece of golden ass, p.9 2. Raoul, the shining singer with salted Eggs, p.12 3. Cory: Stop Teddyboy before he kills Pelaez, p.14 4. The Education of Philip K*A*P*L*A*N, p.16 Pssst Kaplan, Body Ingles can't move that ball, p.19 Surprise of Phil Kaplan, Mitra's Friend, p.22 5. Hoy Kulas, think Eddie is an Amboy?- p.24 6. Garrett sticks his thumb into Noel's ear, p.26 Noel Soriano is Walter Mitty's Goldfinger, p.29 7. Gen. Rudy Canieso plots to assassinate me, p.31 Surrender in 10 seconds or die 10, 9, 8..., p.33 Chapter Two: Yankees, go home - p.35 8. American Military Bases, p.35 9. Colonial Mentality is the AIDS of the mind, p.37 10. Shultz: You are bluffing, Fatso, p.40 11. Mommie keeps us poor and scared shit, p.42 12. Fools in 1946, traitors in 1991, p.44 13. The dark corners into which we crawl, p.47 14. Frank, Stan, Ken: goons for protection racket, p.49 15. Faith that binds and blinds beyond all reason, p.51 16. 10 for, 13 against treaty: Yankee go home - p.53 17. Abominations of MacArthur, McNutt, Edelstein go on, p.56 18. Bastards, do your worst and we will do our best, p.58 19. Obeisance invites arrogance and contempt, p.60 20. Hey Needle Dick, who's your fat friend? - p.62 Cuidao co o, ahora me estas tocando un huevo - p.65 21. Dazzling display of political masturbation, p.67 22. Uncle Sham and Twelve Apostles of Freedom, p.69 23. Frankenstein, the Wisner of Oz, p.72 24. USA speaks softly and carries a big Dick, p.74 Chapter Three: Perspectives, p.76 25. Bathrooms: Kulas, grace of God and dignity of man, p.76 Americans, Europeans wash in dirty water, p.79 Church and Toilet in Lost Paradise, p.81 26. Maggots of mediocrity, intellectual cretinism, p.83 27. Rape: Whimpering, she said no when she meant yes, p.85 For good or ill, the Sexual Revolution is upon us, p.87 28. En mi hambre, mando yo Por huevos - p.90 29. Don't miss Yanky Panky at Rizal Theater, p.92 30. NEC: Economists, eunuchs know how but can't do it, p.94 Economists must have social conscience, p.97 31. Clarence Darrow on Religious Fundamentalism, p.99 (more inside the book)
The followup to the highly acclaimed movie "Flying Again" This book serves as your guide back into the cockpit picking right up where you left off. Each chapter is broken down into "years since you stopped flying" so you can quickly see what's changed since the time you last flew.
When the Hedge is Gone is a revelation on calamity and suffering. It is the author's interpretation of the will of the living God concerning His people, when they encounter sudden, unexplained and disastrous circumstances. This book is a guide for all who need answers to questions that are bound to arise during sudden troubles.
"The World's Greatest Snappy Comebacks"Stories behind the Finest Wisecracks and Wisdom from Ancient Times to the Present DayThis book includes calm words spoken by a prisoner sentenced to death by hanging, biting comments from a ventriloquist's dummy who criticized his human for moving his lips, and a gracious response from a woman who was the world's leading arms dealer.You'll also find classic remarks from the greats: Winston Churchill, Dorothy Parker, W.C. Fields, Mae West, and some people who are all but unknown today.
An immense literature about the Civil War has nonetheless paid surprisingly little attention to the common soldier, North and South. Historians have shown even less concern for the long-term impact of this military service on American society. Larry M. Logue's To Appomattox and Beyond makes a major contribution in addressing this need. In a compact synthesis that draws upon important new materials from his own research, Logue provides the fullest account available of the Civil War soldier in war and peace—who fought, what happened to them in battle, how the public regarded them, how the war changed the rest of their lives, in what ways they were like and different from their counterparts across the Mason-Dixon line. To Appomattox and Beyond offers surprising conclusions about the psychological impact of warfare on its participants; about the North's generous pension system for veterans; and about the role that veterans played in politics and social issues, notably the Confederate racist reaction of the late nineteenth century. In a final irony, Logue points out, by the twentieth century men who had once been enemies now had more in common with each other than with the new world around them.
This book brings together a collection of papers focusing on the tonal systems of the Bantu languages of sub-Saharan Africa. These papers are alike in their attempt to fuse the description of Bantu tone with linguistic theory, but at the same time reflect a range of such theoretical perspectives (autosegmental phonology, lexical phonology, optimality theory, optimal domains theory). Much new descriptive material is to be found in this collection, as well as attempts to bring Bantu tonology to bear on critical issues of phonological theory. This book provides new theoretical insights and analyses of the complexities known to characterize Bantu tone systems. New insights into the treatment of long-distance tonal effects, tonal domains, depressor consonants, and other issues known through the autosegmental and metrical literature on tone are highlighted.
This book brings together a collection of papers focusing on the tonal systems of the Bantu languages of sub-Saharan Africa. These papers are alike in their attempt to fuse the description of Bantu tone with linguistic theory, but at the same time reflect a range of such theoretical perspectives (autosegmental phonology, lexical phonology, optimality theory, optimal domains theory). Much new descriptive material is to be found in this collection, as well as attempts to bring Bantu tonology to bear on critical issues of phonological theory. This book provides new theoretical insights and analyses of the complexities known to characterize Bantu tone systems. New insights into the treatment of long-distance tonal effects, tonal domains, depressor consonants, and other issues known through the autosegmental and metrical literature on tone are highlighted.
This collection brings together most of the world's leading Bantuists, as well as some of the most promising younger scholars interested in the history, comparison, and description of Bantu languages. The Bantu languages, numbering as many as 500, have been at the center of cutting-edge theoretical research in phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Besides the issues of classification and internal sub-grouping, this volume treats historical and comparative aspects of many of the significant typological features for which this language group is known: vowel height harmony, noun classes, elaborate tense-aspect systems, etc. The result is a compilation that provides the most up-to-date understanding of these and other issues that will be of interest not only to Bantuists and historical linguists, but also to those interested in the phonological, morphological and semantic issues arising within these highly agglutinative Bantu languages.
This collection brings together most of the world's leading Bantuists, as well as some of the most promising younger scholars interested in the history, comparison, and description of Bantu languages. The Bantu languages, numbering as many as 500, have been at the center of cutting-edge theoretical research in phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Besides the issues of classification and internal sub-grouping, this volume treats historical and comparative aspects of many of the significant typological features for which this language group is known: vowel height harmony, noun classes, elaborate tense-aspect systems, etc. The result is a compilation that provides the most up-to-date understanding of these and other issues that will be of interest not only to Bantuists and historical linguists, but also to those interested in the phonological, morphological and semantic issues arising within these highly agglutinative Bantu languages.
With the reissue of this treatise, an instrumental step in the development of both moraic phonology and prosodic morphology becomes available again. This text presents a comprehensive treatment of syllable weight in phonology and of its consequences for weight-related phenomena, proposing that the basic tier consists of weight unit equivalent to the morals of traditional synchronic and diachronic phonology. Turning to the unusual Golana language of Nigeria, which may lack syllables entirely, Hyman argues that the proposed moraic representations may even be applied to many apparently syllable-based phenomena "without" syllables.
China has evolved from a nation with local and regional security interests to a major economic and political power with global interests, investments, and political commitments. It now requires a military that can project itself around the globe, albeit on a limited scale, to secure its interests. Therefore, as Larry M. Wortzel explains, the Chinese Communist Party leadership has charged the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with new and challenging missions that require global capabilities. Advances in technology and the development of indigenous weapons platforms in China, combined with reactions to modern conflicts, have produced a military force very different from that which China has fielded in the past. Wortzel presents a clear and sobering picture of the PLA’s modernization effort as it expands into space and cyberspace, and as it integrates operations in the traditional domains of war. This book will appeal to the specialist in security and foreign policy issues in Asia as well as to the person interested in arms control, future warfare, and global military strategies. The book puts China’s military growth into historical context for readers of recent military and diplomatic history.
