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Post Conventions Spirit

Photo: Richard Lee on Unsplash          All signs indicate that the 2020 US presidential election will be contentious, and the result most likely be bitterly contested, regardless of who wins. The degree of polarization experienced nine weeks before the election, continues to be exacerbated by tweets, public statements, and actions taking place in different parts …

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Costs and Consequences

Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Luis Rubio The democratization that the country has undergone over the last decades brought with it unanticipated consequences to deal with because the alternative is absolutely unacceptable. Whosoever wins an election feels free to advance their agenda not only disavowing the opposition, but, as occurs today, branding it as the enemy. …

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Not by Chance

Photo: JMV – Kaleidoscope In solidarity with Nexos Luis Rubio “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” stated Mark Twain. The same can be said about capitalism. Since 2008 innumerable politicians, scholars and opinion writers have assured us that capitalism was at death door; twelve years later, the pandemic has unleashed a new wave …

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An Unforgettable August

Antonio Navalón         August is the month in which the great wars are cooked. World War I began after two shots fired in Sarajevo at the end of June, setting world history on fire, but revealing its true consequences and repercussions in August 1914. In …

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Life’s a Bitch

Antonio Navalón        In the eighties – in the midst of the terrorist escalation of groups such as the Italian Red Brigades, the Spanish ETA or the German Baader-Meinhof – it became fashionable for intellectuals to write a message to terrorists under the title of “ if my pen was worth your pistol ”. This …

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To Progress

To Progress

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash Luis Rubio Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The eternal riddle of both science and daily life is never resolved, but what is transcendent, says Matt Ridley in his new book on innovation, is how one thinks in this regard. The theory of evolution exemplifies the point …

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Resentments

Photo by Den on Unsplash Luis Rubio There is nothing older than resentment, above all of the poor toward the rich. Nor is it new to the politicians’ resource of exploiting and provoking grievances, real or imagined. Isocrates, one of the great Greek orators of the IV century A.C., accused hostility, but he recognized it …

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Statement by Jeffrey P. Bezos Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Amazon before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law July 29, 2020

Thank you, Chairman Cicilline, Ranking Member Sensenbrenner, and members of the Subcommittee. I’m Jeff Bezos. I founded Amazon 26 years ago with the long-term mission of making it Earth’s most customer-centric company.My mom, Jackie, had me when she was a 17-year-old high school student in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Being pregnant in high school was not …

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