How my sons lost their Tagalog / Benjamin Pimentel.

This Filipino American life -- How my sons lost their Tagalog -- Binagyong balikbayan -- Tatay in America -- After Osama : notes from Filipino America -- Nobody would want to be a "tago nang tago" -- A Moro Filipino at West Point -- My sons in the age of Obama -- Christmas in Cubao, Pasko sa San Francisco -- The Filipino who crossed the Golden Gate Bridge -- P-Noy and the original Pinoys -- Seriously, satirically -- What Imelda would tell Gadhafi : don't forget the wardrobe -- Marcos and the dead dictators society -- Will Binay have last laugh in Marcos fake hero fiasco? -- Ang utak sa likod ng demolition job kay Senator Sotto -- Sotto's integrity and dexterous scholarship -- The trouble with Harry -- Rolling with Noynoying -- A day in L.A. with Representative Erin Tañada -- Islands of hope -- To Young Filipinos who never knew martial law -- Sa kabataang di nakatikim ng martial law -- Willing Willie and the crying dancing boy -- From Edgar Jopson to Renato Corona -- Manny Pangilinan and U.P. Diliman's naked man -- Good vibes with the MILF -- A Filipino parent's guide to dealing with Pacquiao's loss -- The curious case of Raphael Lotilla -- The Guerrilla Journalists of Naga City -- An apology to beteranos.

Personal essays on Filipino Americans, Philippine politics and social condition.