Luis Rubio In the movie Life of Brian, John Cleese plays Reg, the People’s Front of Judea leader. In one memorable scene, Reg finishes the haranguing of his troops with the question, “What have the Romans ever done for us?” One foot soldier in a freedom-fighting …
Antonio Navalón The century in which most of us were born, by us I mean those who share this space with me through your reading – for which I am grateful -, was a century that began characterized by a continuous dance of frontiers. It …
Juan Villoro Certain hypotheses about human behavior begin as fantasies and, over the years (or centuries), become anthropologists’ theses. I will address a minor topic, but one that perhaps holds the key to the times to come. I am referring to our capacity to be …
Antonio Navalón Undoubtedly, the following change of season is destined to be a very particular and different one from those seen previously. Not only because, as William Shakespeare once said, it may be the winter of our discontent, but also because, basically and as things …
Luis Rubio When the government of a country finds itself in financial trouble, it has two possible solutions: it can reduce its excessive expenditures, or it can transfer the problem to the citizenry. The first course incentivizes growth because it ceases diverting resources to socially …
Photo: Mathias P.R. Reding on Pexels Manuel Suárez Mier Foreign policy should serve the country’s interests, which is not the case with the current Mexican government. Recent decisions attest to this, such as access to the United Nations Security Council and Washington’s visit. Image: United Nations Mexico has been a random member of the Security …
Juan Villoro Comrades in struggle during the years of exile and the underground, Daniel Ortega and Sergio Ramírez were the architects of the Sandinista movement that put an end to the Somoza family dictatorship in Nicaragua. From 1985 to 1990, Ortega was president and Ramirez …
Antonio Navalón Seeing how the big names in national politics run and act; those who are part of the government, the Senate, the Party currently in power, or who are close to the President of the Republic, is something a bit endearing. Between performances and …
Photo: Jill Burrow Luis Rubio At the end of the Cold War, Fukuyama wrote an article entitled “The End of History,” in which he postulated that the world had arrived at a consensus about the way forward. Twenty years later, with wars in the Middle East in vogue, Jennifer Welsh published “The Return of History,” …
