Monthly Archives: December 2024

Luis Rubio Freedom is an ever-scarcer commodity. In contrast with other key factors for the development of a nation, such as education and health, freedom is the factor that strengthens both the citizenry and society at large. A nation of free people is a nation with potential for growth and development. As Allan Bloom once […]

Luis Rubio “The ultimate gift of conscious life is a sense of the mystery that encompasses it”Lewis Mumford Knowledge advances at such speed that it is only possible to grasp some sample nuggets of it, but while some of these are truly revealing, the sensation always remains that one learns more but knows less. Here […]

Luis Rubio During her transition period, the president-elect was extremely cautious about how she would exercise power, especially given the large majorities with which Morena controls Congress. She was emphatic in protecting the rights of minorities. However, once in office, that change of tone disappeared from the map. Harmony disappeared, being replaced by renewed militancy. […]

Luis Rubio The government changed, but the problems remain, which does not mean that they can cease being attended to. Mexico has been experiencing a peculiar paradox for many years: an increasingly activist government with an increasingly weak State.   Perhaps this is about a way of facing, or hiding, the true problem: the government increasingly […]

Luis Rubio Every time a Mexican administration exceeds its budget, protests arise in the vein of levying additional taxes. To justify this, comparative statistics are invoked among (usually dissimilar) nations or exceptional circumstances. The easy part for a politician is to seek novel wellspring of resources instead of questioning how the existing ones are employed. […]