A president with no brains and no heart

A young man, who has just started to discover the importance of politics in our lives, shared this little insight with me. Perhaps, he said, President Aquino does not have “brains” (in the plural form).  At best, PNoy  has a “brain” in the singular form.  “Brains” means intellectual ability and judgment.  “Brain” denotes an organ that  functions just enough to keep onealive.

I think he has a point that Filipinos would do well to ponder. When we review all the mistakes and disasters of the Aquino presidency, we find this running thread: a basic failure of intelligence and judgment, and an incapacity for empathy that comes to the fore in times of crisis.