Yesterday's War, Today's Divide

If you wonder how the US has become so divided, look no further than the Vietnam War, which officially lasted 20 years, from 1955-1975. As the 10-hour documentary by Ken Burns that aired in September showed, the war affected everyone in the country --  as soldiers, as soldiers' families, policy makers, analysts or as protesters -- and split the country like no other time since the Civil War. PF contributor Ed Diokno brings us back to those days and how they inform the present in "Ken Burns' 'Vietnam': The War In Our Hearts and Minds."

November 30 is celebrated yearly in our motherland as Bonifacio Day, it being the birth date of the Supremo of the Katipunan, the revolutionary movement that helped free the Philippines from Spain. Let's Read Again "Seven Little Known Facts About the Supremo," as compiled by the blog site, Filipiknow.net and "Andres Bonifacio, the Other National Hero" by Penelope V. Flores.

This year marks the centenary of the very first National Artist for Literature, Nick Joaquin, whose humongous personality is just as memorable as his classic writings. Marra PL. Lanot, who came of age as a poet and essayist under Joaquin's watchful eye, writes a personal recollection of her friendship with the late great in "Remembering Nick."

Ilocanos and other lovers of goat dishes will love Kusina de Manila, the way PF Correspondent Rey de la Cruz, an Ilocano, raves about this "goat-to restaurant" in Des Plaines, Illinois (a Chicago suburb). Its chef Niel Salvatera shares his version of Goat Papaitan as our Happy Home Cook recipe this week.

Here's our In The Know links:

Does Race Matter in America’s Most Diverse ZIP Codes?https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/us/does-race-matter-in-americas-most-diverse-zip-codes.html?emc=eta1

Malacañang orders easing, lifting of foreign investment restrictions in 8 areas
https://www.rappler.com/business/189357-malacanang-easing-lifting-restrictions-foreign-investment-8-areas?utm_source=The+Daily+wRap&utm_campaign=35d2bc0252-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b3868977d4-35d2bc0252-95400069&mc_cid=35d2bc0252&mc_eid=0c0639d4af

The taste of Filipino Christmas
https://www.rappler.com/brandrap/travel-food-and-lifestyle/189625-knorr-taste-filipino-christmas

This Toronto artist learned English from comic books - now he's the force behind DC series 'Trinity'
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/francis-manapul-dc-comics-1.3936537

For our Video of the Week, actress Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo cooks up her version of the popular Vietnamese street food – the Banh Mi sandwich.