Month: November 2014
November 30, 2014
Authority and Catalysis
Luis Rubio In “The Guns of August”, Barbara Tuchman relates how a series of apparently unrelated events and circumstances led inexorably to WWI and the greatest human carnage that the...
November 25, 2014
The Challenge of Growth
Luis Rubio As anyone who has sat through a Shakespearean play will attest, the second act can be long and painful, and the hero often faces setbacks. Something like that...
November 23, 2014
The Perfect Storm
Luis Rubio “Perfect storm” is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. That’s what Mexico seems like these days. The...
November 16, 2014
What Happened?
Luis Rubio What happened in the past weeks that changed the whole panorama? From a government perceived as exceptionally skillful it now conducts itself as if under siege. Is it...
November 09, 2014
Parents
Luis Rubio “To lose one parent, wrote Oscar Wilde, can be considered a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness”. Careless or not, one of the laws of life is...
November 02, 2014
The government needs to act. Fast!
Luis Rubio These have not been the best of days for the President. Difficulties accumulate, the economy doesn’t improve and now there are protest marches everywhere. The issue is not...