Image: Phonlamai Photo on ShutterstockRicardo Pascoe PierceClaudia Sheinbaum's presidential campaign kick-off event in the Zócalo was, in reality, a bow to Andrés Manuel López Obrador. And it was also an act of submission of the candidate to the real...
Photo: Bruce Mars on UnsplashThe question in the title applies to both Mexico and the United States. There are countries where the answer is definitely no, such as Israel, Ukraine, Russia, or Turkey, but when focusing on the United...
Luis RubioElectoral contests are a little like military campaigns: an objective is disputed, arms and instruments of combat are deployed, and the enemy's defeat is sought, in this case, the contender. In his biography on Napoleon, Andrew Roberts states...
Image: Master1305 on ShutterstockFederico Reyes HerolesTell me what you pay attention to, and I'll tell you who you are.José Ortega y Gasset.Distraction? There is a lot of it; I do not mean the necessary one, which allows us for...
Screenshot: on static.kuula.ioAntonio NavalónMany years ago, precisely in 1937 - months after the Spanish Civil War began - the poet Miguel Hernández, a native of a place full of history and invasions, Alicante, and who was self-taught, wrote a...
Image: on YouTubeCharlie Munger – The Architect of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger died on November 28, just 33 days before his 100th birthday. Though born and raised in Omaha, he spent 80% of his life domiciled elsewhere. Consequently, it...
Photo: JK21 on ShutterstockRicardo Pascoe PierceAccording to Henry Kissinger's account of the last days before Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States, he felt a sudden fascination with the mystical and the magical as a desperate refuge...