Month: March 2015
March 29, 2015
Discipline and Civilization
Luis Rubio In her essay on the crisis in education published in 1954, Hannah Arendt criticizes the philosophy that positions the child at the center of the educative system. Her...
March 22, 2015
The New Mexican Society
Luis Rubio Politicians and interests, in addition to the so-called “red circle” (i.e. all those that comment on or act in the political arena), have been debating the construction of...
March 20, 2015
The Country’s Dilemma
FORBES – March 2015 Luis Rubio The dismay never fails to surprise. I visit various places in Mexico and hear the same complaints and concerns: how is it possible that...
March 15, 2015
Democracy vs. Development?
Luis Rubio Somewhat the style of the film “Casablanca”, the end of the Cold War seemed to be “the beginning of a beautiful friendship”. Twenty five years later it is...
March 08, 2015
The Elusive Trust
Luis Rubio For his holiday reading in the summer of 1835, John Wilson Croker packed the lists of those condemned to death during the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France....
March 01, 2015
Does Corruption Matter?
Luis Rubio Corruption was a matter for profound reflection when the Founding Fathers of the North American nation deliberated on the elements that would be embodied in its new Constitution....