EL PENSADOR: EL CICLO INTERMINABLE

I have suddenly noticed, just by rereading some texts, that humanity, at this point in the evolution of science and technology and, supposedly, of education, is immersed in an infernal cycle regarding one of its most discussed problems the length and breadth of the planet: the damage that human beings, stuck in an apparent progress and in their ambitions, are causing to nature and that generates one of the greatest dangers for the near future. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL CICLO INTERMINABLE

LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: ¡ QUE LÍO ARMÓ VILLOLDO!

Soy hijo de Buenos Aires,/ por apodo “El porteñito”,/ el criollo más compadrito/ que en esta tierra nació./ Cuando un tango en la vigüela/ rasguea algún compañero,/ no hay nadie en el mundo entero/ que baile mejor que yo. (Primeros versos de El porteñito, tango de Ángel Gregorio Villoldo). Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: ¡ QUE LÍO ARMÓ VILLOLDO!

EL PENSADOR: LA POLÍTICA MITÓMANA

Going back over old readings of philosophers from different times -Bacon, Kingsley, Huxley, Russell- I have noticed the antiquity of a problem that Uruguayan society suffers today and that I, perhaps confused by the speed, sound and little thinking of the modern world, I had believed something installed from the democratic restoration after the dictatorship. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: LA POLÍTICA MITÓMANA

LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: EL ALBUM CONCEPTUAL

Hoy es habitual que se defina, sobre todo entre entendidos, a una serie de grabaciones de un disco como un “álbum conceptual”. Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: EL ALBUM CONCEPTUAL

EL PENSADOR: OPINIONES OLVIDADAS

There are many citizens – I know – who have been surprised by information that has been circulating in recent days: according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, based on data from the OAS Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, Uruguay is the country with the highest Per capita consumption of cocaine in Latin America. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: OPINIONES OLVIDADAS

REFLEXIÓN: SOBRE EL TRABAJO INFANTIL

It is necessary to instill in our children the value, respect and responsibility for study, work or assigned tasks, teaching them how rewarding it is to reap the fruits of work carried out with honesty and effort. But within this positive teaching, we must never forget, much less invalidate, their rights to education, protection and maintenance by their parents or caregivers in a balanced, equitable and responsible manner; to the rest that your body, soul and mind in formation need to be a healthy adult in all areas of your life. Continúa leyendo REFLEXIÓN: SOBRE EL TRABAJO INFANTIL