Who drags down PNoy’s ratings? Try Francis Tolentino

What is this Ebola-like virus that has seeped deep into the national mindset? This virus has blinded our evaluation of what policies are good and bad for the broader society. Our national conversation, as a result, has been mostly devoid of rational analysis based on data, context and metrics.

On critical issues, the conversation has been mostly a poisoned one and the argument that dominates is mostly the one that denies fact, data and rational arguments. Take the case of the route rationalization policy for provincial buses which has been vilified by the MMDA and its clueless choir boys from the Metro Manila LGUs.