Some Learnings
The first book I read on embarking upon the study of Political Science was Introduction to Political Thought...
Future Conflicts
When Adlai Stevenson was contending for the U.S. presidency with Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, a supporter once called...
The key of three
Three categories of institutions lie at the heart of a political system: the State, the Rule of Law...
Vignettes of Corruption
Argentines employ the term “viveza criolla” (native cunning) and define it as “opportunistic depredation: timeliness in taking maximal advantage...
Storms
In 1982, in the middle of the maelstrom that he had precipitated, former Mexican President José López-Portillo affirmed...
Truths by the Kilo
“Men will never act well except through necessity: but where choice abounds and where license may be used,...
To the Devil with Education
“The objective is to protect the union, defend its privileges and guarantee the source of support that teachers...
To Return to the Past
Borges wrote that “everything is determined, but we must have the illusion of there being free will and...
Producers
Something peculiar is taking place in the world’s economy. The crisis of the last years, the so-called “Great...
Absurdities and Costs
In his book on his experiences as a reporter in Beirut, Thomas Friedman relates the complexity of a...