Month: December 2025
December 27, 2025
Democracy
Luis Rubio Democracy, that much-used and much-abused word, is a way of life—a manner in which societies organize themselves to make decisions, govern, and preserve legitimacy. For some, democracy is...
December 20, 2025
My Readings
Luis Rubio In turbulent times, books that try to explain the nature of the problem and its implications tend to proliferate. Some start from the premise that the status quo...
December 14, 2025
Visions
Luis Rubio The divisions and conflicts that define our era—magnified by social media—often obscure the similarities and differences among development models, and with them, the possibilities they hold for overcoming...
December 07, 2025
Stuck in Time
Luis Rubio Paraphrasing Albert Camus, “Every government believes itself destined to remake the world.” Camus was talking about his own generation, but the principle applies neatly to governments that take...