30 January 2021

Democracys Apostates

The inauguration of Joe Biden can be understood as the Solemn High Mass of democracys civil religion after Trump had tried to destroy it.

12 November 2020

Can Biden deal with greatness, or white supremacy?

Biden's political victory in the Presidential elections is only half the story. He now has the challenge of convincing almost half the American population that nostalgia for some mythical greatness based on white supremacy and religiosity is not in their best interests. The Spanish civil war.. can be understood, as the moral and military confrontation between those nostalgic for the old Catholic empire and the liberals of modern Europe.

11 December 2019

MAURICIO GARCA VILLEGAS. Levelling the Playing Field

The millions of people protesting in different Latin American countries have a variety of complaints. A main one in Chile and Colombia, is the lack of equality of opportunity which is normally provided by good public education. In those countries, the rich are educated in well-resourced private schools while the poor are sent to second rate and poorly resourced public ones. Apart from the social tensions that such segregation and inequality creates, the country misses out on the benefits that clever children from poor families can provide.