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Archives / Op-EdsAgainst Facebook
JUAN GABRIEL VASQUEZ published last Friday the best critique I know of social networks.
Picture of pain
BY THESE DAYS I have been following the fate of the 33 Chilean miners of the Atacama Desert.
On the International Day of the Disappeared
YESTERDAY, August 30th, was the "International Day of the Disappeared."
Land and Bicentennial
To the surprise of all Colombians, the Minister of Agriculture has said the government wants to put forward an agrarian reform.
Help me and I'll help you (or helped you?)
The election of judges of the National Electoral Council will be a good opportunity to understand if political tradition weighs more than hope of change. Will the government and the coalition support the Party of National Integration?
The myths of the paper book
THE MOMENT FAR more revealing of the Bogotá Book Fair was the greeting of Nicholas Negroponte, the internet guru, when beginning his lecture as special guest:
Details of democracy
IN SOCIETIES THAT HAVE Latino heritage, like ours, there is a particular liking for abstract discussions.
Wikileaks in the Constitutional Court
It is not convenient for the Constitutional Court that confidential information about ongoing cases continues leaking.
New drug policy?
I WISH PRESIDENT SANTOS would rethink the drug policy and abandon the fundamentalism that characterized the previous government, which froze the debate on this issue for eight years.
Presidential inauguration and protocol
DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF Juan Manuel Santos, Armando Benedetti, the new Senate president, began his speech by lamenting that Colombia was one of the most unequal countries in the world.
The Inspector General's crusade
Voluntary interruption of pregnancy in the three extreme circumstances is part of human rights. Therefore, its guarantee and assurance is responsibility of the Inspector General, like it or not.
Time for equal marriage rights
The time has come for the Constitutional Court to decide the right to marriage of same-sex couples.
The people grateful with Uribe
TODAY, LAST DAY OF WORK OF President Uribe, the most popular governor in recent decades, I am reminded of the following sentence from Plutarch:
Judicial reform: Uribe compared to Santos
Some of Santos proposals are debatable and can be problematic. However, the tone of the new president is different from the one Uribe used and could allow reasoned debate.
The laws of justice and peace
In recent weeks, the government has claimed the "Law of Justice and Peace" (LJP) because it believes it has contributed in achieving peace while respecting victim rights.
Road Intelligence
BY THESE DAYS there is an advertising campaign which talks about the epidemic of excuses that we Colombians call on when we are in public thoroughfares. "There are behaviors that make us act irrationally," says the advertisement, and to avoid them "we must use our road intelligence."
Gay marriage: The devil is in the details
I ONCE WROTE THAT THE charm that Argentina has for Colombians is much more than football, BBQ's or the beauty of Buenos Aires and the country in general.
Countries and butterflies
When a child asks how long a horse lives, some old people in Antioquia still answer this: see millet, a chicken lives three years, a dog three chickens, a horse three dogs and a human three horses, count yourself. I thought of this explanation last weekend when celebrating the Bicentennial. And how long does a country lives?
The white man's burden
The self-imposed "white man's burden" in the twenty-first century is no longer civilize uncivilized and savage peoples from afar, but to save the poor Muslims from ignorance and tyranny of their own culture.
Independence: pending tasks
TODAY JULY 20th, the day we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the "Grito de Independencia", it is worthwhile to ask ourselves whether or not the challenges faced by the first generation of Colombians are still pending.
The sin of ingratitude
Ingrid Betancourt's intention to sue the State produced an avalanche of reactions against her.
Where is the Green Party?
IN 1911, ROBERT MICHELS formulated one of the most popular thesis in political science: the "iron law of oligarchy." According to this thesis, political parties have an inescapable destiny: to become bureaucratic machines dominated by leaders who, sooner or later, forget the bases.
Ingrid Betancourt: difference or indifference?
It produces a distaste that her expectation is a very high economic compensation instead of proclaiming a broader and more universal repair for millions of victims in Colombia.
The politically correct language
In my op-ed last week I said it was absurd that the World Cup referees saw less well than the match viewers.
Referee errors and law
DOES LAW HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY about how to deal with the obvious referee errors committed in this World Cup, such as Lampard's goal against Germany? 1-25 of 526 Page 1 of 22 | Next |
