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Joel Pablo Salud

Contributing Writer

Joel Pablo Salud is the author of several books of political nonfiction. He lectures on Journalism Ethics and Creative Writing, and currently sits as chair of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN Philippines.

Politics

[OPINION] Marcos vs. Marcos: A study in Coup de Théâtre

January 19, 2024

Opinion

[OPINION] The most awkward ten minutes in the history of the Golden Globes

January 8, 2024

Family

[OPINION] Wrapping up the rap sheet: Chronicles of a love untold

October 20, 2023

Technology

[OPINION] Pandora’s CHATbox: Are we delving into artificial journalism?

September 24, 2023

Love

[OPINION] ‘Marrying cool’: Where love draws the line

September 7, 2023

Essay

[OPINION] No country for lovers: Reflection for National Heroes’ Day

August 28, 2023

Opinion

[OPINION] The existential and ontological deconstruction of the 21st-century Potato Corner service crew

August 22, 2023

Politics

[OPINION] Courage unspeakable: Remembering Benigno S. Aquino Jr.

August 20, 2023

Politics

[OPINION] SONA 2023: Bagong Pilipinas?

July 24, 2023

Politics

[OPINION] SONA 2023: Fire in the hole

July 21, 2023

Politics

[OPINION] Obituary of Pillow Fights: First 365 days without Duterte

June 30, 2023

Opinion

[OPINION] Jason, Moira, and the Maharlika Wealth Fund

May 31, 2023

Politics

Rumors of ouster, news of resignation: Worth a Netflix series

May 19, 2023

Women

[OPINION] Raising daughters in the time of misogyny

March 8, 2023

Opinion

[OPINION] Hazing, brotherhood, and the ties that blind

March 1, 2023

Politics

People Power: 37 years hence

February 24, 2023

Opinion

[OPINION] Frisking drop-dead gorgeous celebrities in airports is frisky business

February 8, 2023

Family

Deciding whether or not you want to be a parent someday

February 2, 2023

Transportation

[OPINION] It’s about time we redefine 'being late' as to mean the sorry state of the country’s public transportation

January 24, 2023

Relationships

How can one tell if the relationship is about to crash and burn?

January 6, 2023

Business

[OPINION] NAIA fiasco: Flying over the bigger picture

January 3, 2023

Holiday Season

[OPINION] Hope stings eternal: Do we have reason to hope come 2023?

December 22, 2022

Christmas

The Christmas story hardly ever told

December 17, 2022

Family

Children as retirement plan? Huge mistake

December 9, 2022

Politics

[OPINION] Maharlika Wealth Fund: A serious 'trigger warning'

December 6, 2022

News

[OPINION] Decriminalization of libel for 'legit' media but not 'abusive vloggers'?

December 1, 2022

Essay

Kiss and tell: A dystopian look at kissing

November 22, 2022

Social Media

[OPINION] Twitter: Musk we leave?

November 17, 2022

Politics

A love letter to young Filipino lawyers

November 9, 2022

Music

APO Hiking Society and the riotous seventies

November 3, 2022

Essay

'Dead Zone': I’ve heard all the stories but I’ve never seen a ghost

October 28, 2022

Essay

Ballyhoo over Hallyu: Why Korean and not Filipino?

October 21, 2022

Essay

Breakups, make-ups and how to keep a relationship going

October 17, 2022

Essay

Red-tagging and criticism: What’s the difference?

October 12, 2022

Opinion

[OPINION] Outrage over death of Percy Lapid

October 5, 2022

Essay

PUV 'standing ovation': Surviving travel via sardine cans on wheels

September 27, 2022

Books

#2022MIBF: On the way to shaping a reading generation

September 19, 2022

Education

Education, confidential funds and the illiterate of the future

September 15, 2022

Books

Children and books: Why reading means winning half the battle

September 12, 2022

Essay

The Internet and children: Is legislation the answer?

September 5, 2022

Essay

Whooping up a riot: Do public servants have the right to par-tey?

August 26, 2022

Essay

Sleep deprivation: To catch the worm, early birds must first learn to fly

August 24, 2022

Opinion

Spokening Inglis: A Buwan ng Wika story

August 19, 2022

Essay

Why #NeverForget: A necessary reflection

August 16, 2022

Opinion

Red-tagging and learning poverty: A closer look at the hydra

August 11, 2022

Essay

Satire and the sacred right to mock

August 9, 2022

Opinion

How I would conduct a masterclass in flaunting the digitus tertius

August 5, 2022

Essay

Why everyone should learn how to cook

August 2, 2022

Books

The unbearable rightness of reading

July 29, 2022

News

The phenomenology of ghosting or why Congress should know better than to legislate against it

July 28, 2022

Essay

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address: What was (deliberately?) left unsaid

July 26, 2022

Books

'Calling Out the Destruction': How De Mesa writes ‘extrajudicial’ journalism

July 23, 2022

Opinion

Marcos Jr.’s First SONA: Expectation vs. Reality

July 20, 2022

Opinion

Plagiarism and why it’s not advisable to be a ‘second-rate, trying hard copycat’

July 14, 2022

Opinion

Battered or buttered? What kind of a spouse are you?

July 13, 2022

Opinion

Influencers, be careful; your platforms can be a springboard for evil

July 11, 2022

Education

Bullying in schools and why we should all seriously talk about it

July 8, 2022

Essay

The heart remembers: Reflections on memory and forgetting

July 6, 2022

Opinion

Legacy, profligacy, and the art of articulating political wet dreams

June 29, 2022

Education

Graduates: What to do when life gives you lemons and you run out of tequila

June 27, 2022

Essay

Churn out burnout: Why workin’ like a dog should stop

June 23, 2022

Father's Day

#Father’sDay: My life as a single dad-mom

June 15, 2022

Media

Vlogging most foul: When pictures paint a thousand lies

June 7, 2022

Relationships

Moira and Jason: Splitting a marriage doesn’t have to feel like splitting the atom

June 1, 2022

Politics

Are Filipinos still worth dying for? What? Have you lost your marbles?

May 27, 2022

Politics

In a nation neck-deep in lies, journalism is a necessity

May 23, 2022

Social Media

Losing friends and loved ones on social media over principles is perfectly ok, and not really new

May 19, 2022

Essay

A revolution in six words: An ode to human rights

December 10, 2021

Essay

Omicron: Variants, mutations, and what the future holds

December 2, 2021

Essay

Andrés Bonifacio and the house at 72 Calle Azcárraga

November 30, 2021

Elections22

Essay

‘The high and mighty’: Leaders and drug use

November 23, 2021

History

Five years after Marcos’ burial: There’s no burying the hatchet for dictators

November 18, 2021

Opinion

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered: Making sense of the political chaos

November 15, 2021

Essay

Banning books is the oldest trick in the book

November 9, 2021

Essay

Here comes the bribe, all dressed in white

November 5, 2021

TV/Streaming

‘Midnight Mass’ and the dark side of faith

November 3, 2021

Essay

Between heartbreak and heartburn: Why go public with your dirty laundry?

October 28, 2021

COVID-19

Growing old in the time of corona

October 26, 2021

Elections22

Essay

If given the chance, what would you ask the 2022 presidential candidates? These are my questions

October 22, 2021

Opinion

Dolomite beach and our need for sunshine

October 18, 2021

Essay

How to win hearts and minds

October 15, 2021

Opinion

In the moment, and in retrospect

October 13, 2021

Politics

Should I stay or should I go? Love and friendship in a time of politics

October 12, 2021

News

Pink as the dye of war

October 7, 2021

Beauty Pageants

When beauty meets brains: Shots fired!

October 4, 2021

Essay

Lumbera, Bautista, Joaquin: Remembering national treasures

September 29, 2021

Essay

A bullet-riddled car, a cache of firearms, and enduring lessons from my father about power and Martial Law

September 21, 2021

Essay

The Art of the Interview: A Roadmap for Dummies

September 17, 2021

Essay

Walking on landmines: Toni Gonzaga’s Bongbong Marcos interview

September 15, 2021

Mental Health

What follows in the wake of this grief

September 7, 2021

Essay

You want to write politics? Are you nuts?

August 30, 2021

Family

Living in a house full of geeks

August 17, 2021

Essay

Why we need a woman in these dire times

August 12, 2021

Essay

Step aside, boys; Girl incoming

July 28, 2021

Sex

Sex with the bestie: Is that even an issue?

July 24, 2021

Essay

No matter what dreamers think

July 16, 2021

Community

[OPINION] Community pantries are proof of the Filipinos' self-respect

April 17, 2021

Essay

Plaguetopia: Living with the virus

March 29, 2021

COVID-19

365 days of plague: ‘To no germs do we succumb without a struggle’

March 14, 2021

Essay

1986

February 24, 2021

Opinion

Cabinet Fatigue: The Military in civilian government

February 18, 2021

Essay

Poverty, pandemic, and Willie Revillame

January 28, 2021

Media

[OPINION] Of tweets, goosebumps, Tootsie Rolls, and journalistic distance

January 26, 2021

True Crime

[OPINION] Down the road to perdition

January 6, 2021

Essay

My New Year’s letter to a world I may never see

December 30, 2020

Opinion

[OPINION] The Ghost of Christmas Past

December 21, 2020

Essay

I did see Mom kissing Santa Claus

December 9, 2020

Essay

Muting people: A 21st-century superpower

December 3, 2020

Essay

To each his own starlit night

December 1, 2020

Politics

When nostalgia turns dim: Memories of the Maguindanao massacre

November 22, 2020

Opinion

Swing-for-the-fences match leaves Trump’s neck dangling by the ropes

November 9, 2020

Opinion

Darker shade of rain: What it means to stand along the typhoon belt

November 2, 2020

Opinion

[OPINION] #YesToRedLipstick: Echoing the thunder

October 27, 2020

Literature

‘Crocodiles in Belfast’ and a poet’s words against intolerance

October 22, 2020

Opinion

‘Designated Terrorists’ and the acoustics of terror

October 21, 2020

Opinion

Words for tears: Reflections on a mother’s grief

October 17, 2020