It Caught Up with Us

Luis Rubio The end of one more electoral cycle will not be like all others in the past. With this election, the country is fast approaching a moment of unraveling, not due to the result itself but instead because the process, the antecedents, and the …

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The New Truth

Luis Rubio Years ago, during my student days, I attended a performance of an experimental theatrical work that, I think, was called Chaos in the Scenario. It was a parody of an orchestra conductor who could not decide which work to interpret. Each of the orchestra’s instruments …

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The Cage

Federico Reyes Heroles The deception is collective. Freedom of expression, secrecy, parties, independence of the organizers, institutional relay, respect for differences, and rules by the authorities—all of this under the watchful eye of an honest citizenry—should be sufficient guarantees. But everything—managed with malice—can become a …

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DEA National Drug Threat Assessment

Executive Summary Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat the United States has ever faced, killing nearly 38,000 Americans in the first six months of 2023 alone. Fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, like methamphetamine, are responsible for nearly all of the fatal drug overdoses and poisonings in …

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Jack-of-All-Trades

Luis Rubio Jack-of-all-trades (Milusos in Spanish) is one of the most accurate and audacious, at the same time, characterizations of the Mexican who can do nothing other than work for a living. Héctor Suárez, an actor, popularized the term in his film of the same name, …

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