Time to Change
"You have been sitting there too long for any good you have been doing,” Oliver Cromwell, the British...
The Public Interest
In Greek mythology, Pandora, the first woman on Earth, was introduced to Epimetheus in revenge for his brother...
The Other Side
Images never fail to impact. The relationship with the U.S. is perhaps, says Sidney Weintraub, the most atypical...
The Lesson of Japan
In The Fifth Mountain, Paulo Coelho affirms that "all of life’s battles serve to teach us something, even...
The Fray
I don’t know who’s going to win the presidential fray next year, but I do know that eleven...
The “And Why Me?”
Some days ago, José Luis Reyna touched a sore spot when he differentiated between democratic from authoritarian regimes:...
State
“In the struggle for survival”, said Charles Darwin, “the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals...
Services
At the Guilin Tiger Zoo in China, one walks a few meters from the most fearsome animals in...
Self-Enslavement
Asked how 30,000 Englishmen “subdued” 200 million Indians, Tolstoy responded: “Do not the figures make it clear that...
Reform What?
In one of his many memorable moments, on sitting down to play a game of dominoes, Cantinflas asked:...