Don’t waste this, Mr. President

“I DID the big things and did them reasonably well but screwed up on the little things.” Thus said Richard Nixon in one of his memorable TV interviews with David Frost after he was forced out of the White House because of Watergate. It’s one of the most incisive quotes from that period.

I recall this quote not because I want to write about Nixon or Watergate, but only because I want to caution incoming President Duterte about “screwing up on the little things.” I want to talk to him about the presidency and the press.