Despite what is presented — or not presented — in the media, AMLO is not going away. I’ve said before (and wrote in my book… back when it was scheduled for publication in earl… more →
The Mex Fileswrote 7 months ago: With Justice David Souter retiring, we could use a real “liberal” in his place. Former … more →
wrote 12 months ago: Despite what is presented — or not presented — in the media, AMLO is not going away. I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. (Dr. Samuel Johnson) Conservativism is the first refug … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Doña Amalia Solórzano Viuda de Cárdenas, matriarch of the Mexican left, passed away Friday at the ag … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Like most U.S. citizens abroad I was following the U.S. election returns all night, and was out all … more →
wrote 1 year ago: From Rolling Stone: “My parents are afraid my dick’s gonna rot off,” Stewart says. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Gilberto Rincón Gallardo y Meltis never let the accidents of birth interfere with his full and usefu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: 1 September is a quasi-holiday in Mexico. At least the banks are closed. It was the only time the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Lex Luthor’s eviller twin, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, has been making the rounds lately, promo … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Burro Hall reviews “La decada perdita” and its’ author very nicely, I think. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Under the Presidential system that prevailed in Mexico for most of the last two centuries, a “ … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I changed one paragraph Friday when I re-read this. It sounded as if I’d said 2/3rds of voters … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Sergio Robles (the scholar, not the former catcher for the Baltimore Orioles) was kind enough to com … more →
wrote 2 years ago: How long have the U.S. elections been going on now. Er, rather, when do they “officially” start? And … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Most of the foreign press thought it was some kind of joke when Andres Manuel Lopez Obradór was swor … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I have always been bothered by the misconception that PAN was a pro-democracy party, and that their … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Even as an outsider, I’d noticed that the 2006 election bore more resemblance to the 1988 elec … more →
wrote 2 years ago: From today’s El Universal: (Jorge Octavio Ochoa, my translation) Before a capacity crowd of su … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Having gone from THE Party for so many years, to the third party has been kind of hard on the PRI. H … more →