EL PENSADOR: EL SILENCIO INEXPLICABLE

Argentine health authorities have confirmed the appearance in various areas of their country of new cases of coronavirus, in a variant similar to that already reported, for example, in the United States and several European nations. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL SILENCIO INEXPLICABLE

EL PENSADOR: EL PODER DE LA PALABRA

In recent days, while flipping through channels on Argentine television, I came across a fascinating interview with philosopher, professor, and writer Santiago Kovladoff. Although I joined in halfway through, it instantly grabbed my attention: it was very comprehensive, covering various aspects of today’s confused and aggressive society in the neighboring country. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL PODER DE LA PALABRA

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 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

EL PENSADOR: HAY QUE MOVER EL TABLERO

South America, and in particular our organized region – it is an ironic way of displaying reality – around Mercosur, is experiencing circumstances that reveal risks that should worry us. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: HAY QUE MOVER EL TABLERO

EL PENSADOR: EL EGOCENTRISMO POLÍTICO

When a common citizen pronounces the word «ego» -or, in his case, «egocentrism»- he relies on the meanings of the dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, without knowing, perhaps, that it has taken the trouble to simplify some aspects: For example, in the most common case, ego is the «exaggerated exaltation of one’s own personality, to the point of considering it as the center of general attention and activity.» Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: EL EGOCENTRISMO POLÍTICO