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No Way Back

Photo: Amar Kun Kawakibi on UnsplashLuis RubioAn old aphorism holds that nostalgia is not what it used to be. However, it constitutes a heavy burden that never quite disappears....

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Tax reform, what for?

Photo: EtiAmmos on iStockJosé Manuel Suárez Mier*It is fashionable to propose tax reforms to raise government revenue to undertake endless spending, from creating a universal welfare state, redistributing income...

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June 6th, the Endless Campaign

Photo: Duncan Kidd on UnsplashAntonio NavalónJune 6 is and will continue to be a key date in the history of humanity, but especially among European nations.On June 6, 1944,...

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Tragedy and Farce

Photo: Hailey Kean on UnsplashLuis RubioThe old Soviet Union maintained cohesiveness due to the ideological monopoly that the Communist Party exercised during an era in which the government totally...

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The Prophet’s Jam

Photo: Elly Fairytale on PexelsJuan VilloroPerfumes include stinky ingredients, metaphysics is meaningless without physics, and certain people are contradictory. The elusive Michel de Nostradamus was born in 1503 in...

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The Aftermath of the Polko* Seade

Photo: Jarret Mills on UnsplashJosé Manuel Suárez Mier**The Mexican government is about to learn of the enormous cost that the serious concessions granted by its negotiator will entail. ...

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Falling apart

Photo: Isaac Weatherly on PexelsAntonio NavalónSocieties are falling apart, and with them, collective life projects and hope for the future disappear, which in the end are the only ones...

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Order and Chaos

Image: Papitchaya on iStockLuis RubioIt appears to be an enigma how innumerable nations, especially in Asia, reconcile the enormous disorder that characterizes them with their extraordinary economic performance. Whoever...