Publications
Freedom and Democracy
A few years ago, when Italy was traversing an electoral moment, a European publication accused the Prime Minister...
Practical Effects of Poor Decisions
“Experience, wrote Frederic Bastiat, teaches us effectually, but brutally. It makes us aware of the all the...
Mexico as seen from Korea
Korea and Mexico were more or less the same at the beginning of the sixties. That was a...
The Old Authoritarianism
The recent elections illustrated, once again, one of the greatest paradoxes that characterize Mexico. The country has taken...
Fears and Political Paralysis
Luis Rubio After Wilson’s departure from the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles following World War I, Clemenceau, on...
Reforming the Power
Alexander Woollcott met G.K. Chesterton for lunch at a London restaurant and asked him about his view on...
Culture Shock
None of the ills that currently afflict Mexico is especially recent. For centuries, we Mexicans have known corruption,...
D.F. Compass Absent
There’s nothing more pernicious than arrogance and, worse, when combined with the absence of project and vision. Security...
The Matter of Power
What is peace? Is it simply the absence of war? Kant thinks not. These are core questions that...
The Requisite Conversation
Beyond the problems –structural and temporary- that aggrieve Mexico, what's most striking for me as observer is the...