EL PENSADOR: AL BORDE DEL DERRAPE

Cross denunciations between police officers and officials of the same police station, often resolved by shelving the inquiries under the authority of the highest-ranking officer; complaints of various nature and importance from lawmakers against officials, whether retired or still in active duty, including corruption, floating in a viscous sea of generally innocuous political discussions; and complaints of different origins, including those from the Parliamentary Commissioner for this area, reaching the realm of justice, the kingdom of prosecutors, and being consumed by time, while the shadow of mistrust looms ominously over the police institution and the judiciary itself. Ultimately, the stubborn reality of overall failure, of management too damaged by holes of suspicion and meager results from various loudly announced programs, which, until now, and let’s set aside the sometimes laughable and highly manipulated statistics on crimes committed year after year. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: AL BORDE DEL DERRAPE

EL PENSADOR: CONFUSIÓN Y TEMOR

I am forced by circumstances to turn my critical gaze on a matter that I have spoken about in my last columns. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: CONFUSIÓN Y TEMOR

EDITORIAL: DOLORES DE FRANCIA

One death, 1,300 arrests, cities on fire, 45,000 police officers on the streets. Acts and rallies of all kinds are cancelled, a concert at the Stade de France is cancelled, all public demonstrations are prohibited in the prefectures of Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux, in Grenoble, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Montpellier. An impressive balance, almost a catastrophe. Continúa leyendo EDITORIAL: DOLORES DE FRANCIA

EL PENSADOR: PASANDO AL LADO, SIN VER

I have already written on this subject, and in abundance. I feel that I have done it on water if I take into account the repercussion that I expected from national politics, fundamentally from legislators, who create laws –at least it is supposed- to improve the lives of the members of society. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: PASANDO AL LADO, SIN VER

EL PENSADOR: EL PENSAMIENTO LIBRE

There is a curiosity in the general behavior of societies like ours, Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL PENSAMIENTO LIBRE

EL PENSADOR: EL DRAMA DE LA INSEGURIDAD

In the region we inhabit on the planet –although the disease has spread to distant places where we certainly do not know what is happening- the growing and expansive insecurity is the most dramatic of the social issues to be faced. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL DRAMA DE LA INSEGURIDAD