When you notice a crop of books all dealing with the same subject, then you know something is up with the zeitgeist. Steve Latham In recent years there were a flock of left-wing books addressing hope. Terry Eagleton, Slavoj Žižek, Srecko Horvat, and David Graeber, all essayed their […]
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The Jack Reacher phenomena
The deep-rooted appeal of the Jack Reacher novels is no big secret and, if you believe Amazon’s page about their author, Lee Child, every nine seconds another one of them is sold. Sean Sheehan Reacher embodies vengeance with a social conscience. In the early novels Reacher succeeds through […]
The arrogance and incompetence of Bolsonaro: possible impeachment?
For his increasingly unpredictable behaviour in the face of the coronavirus and his inappropriate speeches, the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, appears to be on track for an impeachment. Osvaldo Cardosa Even his allies are keeping their distance. By all accounts, the far-right president has lost support in Congress […]
The better angels of our nature?
Is violence decreasing worldwide? This is the question addressed by Steven Pinker (professor of psychology, Harvard), to which he answers a resounding, albeit qualified, 800 page ‘Yes!’ Nigel Pocock For hundreds of years violence has been dropping, even if there are huge spikes in the downward graph caused […]
The pandemic: a weapon?
Given the dimensions of its scope and its unpredictable evolution, the Coronavirus is now receiving the greatest worldwide media attention. It is difficult to add to what has already been said by governments and the media. However, two quite significant aspects can be focused on: the real origin of the pandemic and the benefit that some governments derive from it.
















