There is a difference between the expressions ‘I don’t mind’ and ‘I don’t care’. The first one might have to do with indifference as acceptance and respect (I do not mind what my neighbour prefers to eat); the second one refers to indifference as lack of engagement (I do not […]
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Modern trafficking and African-Caribbean slavery: A false comparison?
One of the greatest myths is that modern trafficking can be directly compared with African-Caribbean chattel slavery. There are a number of fallacies in this argument. Nigel Pocock Could it be, as is suggested by Professor Geoff Palmer, that local communities can talk about modern trafficking, because it […]
Self-determination and the practice of freedom
I started last term by asking my students to write what their purposes in life are (a question that my father has asked to several generations of teachers). Mabel Encinas Many of my students, future child psychologists and current teachers, answered that they want “to make a difference”. […]
With the sun on your back…
If your back hurts, don’t worry, studies show that four out of five people have, or will have at some time in their lives, lower back pain. Vivian Collazo Montano We are talking about an illness that is almost always caused by badly maintained posture and poor muscle […]
Which jungle is José Eustasio Rivera writing about?
“Before I became passionate about any woman, I gambled with my heart and violence won.” – The Vortex Armando Orozco Tovar It is strange that Jose Eustasio Rivera (b. Neiva-Huilla 1886) died young in New York, not because a visit from the Grim Reaper is unusual for anyone, […]
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