Esquire with a bad Mar cover

THERE were many reasons to take offense at that Esquire Philippines cover of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas.

For one thing, it had only as caption: “Hello From Tacloban One Year Later” and showed Roxas sitting on what looked like wooden planks loaded onto a truck, waving and smiling at the camera, his hair disheveled, his eyes tired. He is in a white polo shirt and jeans, and he holds a cellphone in his other hand.