MY son Eduardo, who was then in third year high, got befuddled one day by a source material he wanted to use for his school report on Philippine culture. He had chanced upon it on the op-ed page of one of the leading newspapers.

"Dad, I found a very impressive report on the effect of culture on globalization," he said. "The only problem is that I can't seem to understand what it's saying. Can you help me? Listen:

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