Photo: Nathan Shively on Unsplash Luis Rubio The function of the umpire in constitutional matters is that of breaking the ties among the other branches of government. In recent years, with the legislature in control of the executive, the sole guarantee of political and institutional stability has resided on the Supreme Court of Justice; but …
Photo: NastyaSensei on Pexels Juan Villoro Childhood exists so that adult life becomes mysterious. It is not the same to meet a criminal lawyer today as to have met him when he was six years old and was dedicated to killing ants and sometimes eating them (the interesting thing is not that a child does …
Image: Wildpixel on iStock Luis Rubio Inequality is one of the most powerful grievances and complaints that President López Obrador has raised, which enlivens many in his base. There are good reasons for that, which does not mean that the president is advancing toward their diminution: rather, everything he does has seemed to be oriented …
Manuel’s generosity with Sepgra began early in the short life of its existence. While reading one of his columns published in The Asia Times, it was not possible not to ask his permission to reproduce it here. His response was “by all means, not only …
Antonio Navalón Every day it is more difficult to understand the actions of our leaders. More often than not, our political leaders do things that only they seem to be able to understand. I want to believe that their way of acting transcends having other …
Photo: Alycia Fung on Pexels Luis Rubio “The compulsion to silence others is as old as the urge to speak,” affirms Eric Berkowitz* in an extraordinary study on censorship. For nearly a century, the post-Revolutionary Mexican government suppressed freedom of expression, engaged in all sorts of efforts to censure the media, controlled the conversation, and …
José Manuel Suárez Mier * My readers asked me to elaborate on the evolution of the political parties in the United States and from that historical vision to see what will happen today with an extreme polarization between parties and within themselves. The first government …
Antonio Navalón Since always, men have been attracted to and caused to follow the path of the gods.Some have even had a special hobby and desire to challenge them and seek to take their place in heaven. The recent history of humanity has made me …
Image: zimmytws om iStock Luis Rubio An ancient Chinese proverb argues that “when there is turmoil under the heavens, little problems become big problems, and big problems are not dealt with at all. When there is order under the heavens, big problems are reduced to small problems, and small problems should not obsess us.” Judging …
José Manuel Suárez Mier* The Republican Party of the United States, kidnapped by its most ignorant and radical segment of white supremacists, is a huge political threat because it is modeled on the Know-Nothing Party that emerged in 1853 to group those who wanted purity …