Who's Your Favorite Columnist?

[Chito]

"If you think I'm criticizing de Quiros merely because of his penchant for using big words, then you have a lot of reading comprehension to catch up on."

 

If you think I'm giving criticism solely on that point, then you need to follow your own advice.

 

Re: Mail volume - this is no indicator of how well a writer is perceived. Have you actually worked for a newspaper's mail department? As in read the snail mail and email letters? I have. Letters to individual writers are 80%-90% negative feedback. If I were a writer and I received more letters than most via the paper's official address, then I won't exactly feel flattered.

 

Hmmmm...okay, never mind that last point, I won't blame you if you don't have enough aptitude for common sense. If you're not interested in the nuances of producing next day's paper then it's hopeless arguing with you as well. (Perhaps more so.) But hey, I gotta say, you have excellent English. (*thumbs up)

 

edited to add:

 

Oh well, you can certainly have the last word, Mr. English Aptitude-who-has-a-friend-in-PDI.

Edited November 6, 2010 by Chito

[buwitre1781]

conrado de quiros, ambeth ocampo,

[jad]

Randy David

Ambeth Ocampo

Max Soliven

[Redguard45]

I like Randy David and Conrado de Quiros. Randy David is a pure intellectual, being in the academe for a long time. I like it when he uses sociological/philosophical theories to explain real life phenomena. He likes Nietzsche a lot, and he kind of influenced me to read about him. I would say he is not a very good writer in terms of "packaging" his works, but nevertheless gets his message across.

 

Conrad de Quiros on the other hand is more of a no-nonsense writer. I like the way he holds a mirror in front of bad people so they can see how ugly they are. I also like the way he uses analogies to describe things, and makes it really funny. But I have to agree, he is sometimes mis-informed. Nevertheless, he is a very amusing writer with style that you can really attribute to him.

[Droidz1979]

• Conrado de Quiros

• Winnie Monsod

• Amado Doronilla

 

All PDI writers i know

Edited September 16, 2011 by Droidz1979

[Climaco]

Conrado de Quiros, Winnie Monsod and Mon Tulfo at PDI

- although Mr Quiros has fallen in love with P-Noy as of late but only time will tell I hope

 

Fr. Bel San Luis at Manila Bulletin

[immatureandunstable]

CP Araullo.

[kenichi15]

max soliven, deceased

teddy locsin

quinito henson

[Mango Man]

Mareng Winnie

[Islander2010]

Neal Cruz - he seems to be the most neutral and logical columnist in PDI, although he sometimes doesn't comment on the hot topics.

CDQ is good also, but a bit too sensational and biased in favor of PNoy and Binay and anti-Gloria, I still read his articles though.

Tiglao is the opposite of CDQ (in terms of side -- he is also very biased), I love to laugh at his opinions. I think he is the replacement of Olivares-Cunanan.

[MagicMass]

Conrado de Quiros.

[bmathay]

I like Conrado de Quiros. Although one aspect of his writing style has become tiresome, he usually provides new insight on the topic at hand.

[rickyfred]

Tulfo...

 

 

[cocoy0]

syndicated columns by Dave Barry. In the Inquirer, it's Ambeth Ocampo.

[mentalantidote]

ambeth ocampo