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“Today, with a wide range of feelings, I’m announcing my retirement from basketball. Immense gratitude to everyone (family, friends, teammates, coaches, staff, fans) involved in my life in the last 23 years. It’s been a fabulous journey. Way beyond my wildest dreams”. Manu Ginobili’s tweet. a couple of days ago. Seguir leyendo
Although it’s hard to believe, Brazil’s far right President Jair Bolsonaro has celebrated the anniversary of the ’64 military coup. How can someone be in favour of such an anti democratic outrage? It’s not surprising, though. When he was a congressman, he stated: “The dictatorship’s mistake was to torture and not to Seguir leyendo
I read in the news: “Pope Francis has declined to accept the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin as archbishop of Lyon after he was convicted of failing to report a known predator priest to police.” Why would the Head of the Catholic Church behave in such a way? Doesn’t he Seguir leyendo
No Facebook, no Instagram, no Whatsapp! For some hours last Wednesday, we all felt like Tom Hanks in “Cast Away”, cut off from the world, at a loss, unable to communicate, to make contact. The “most severe global outage ever”, said the media. The fact is that we rely (and Seguir leyendo
With the dollar surging over 42 pesos, the temperature rising over 40º C, and a soaring unstoppable inflation, maybe it’s a good idea to distract ourselves from anxiety by listening to the “Terraplanistas”, these guys who believe that our Planet is actually flat, as flat as John Locke’s “tabula rasa”. Seguir leyendo
The 2019 Oscar Award Ceremony was such a bore! Everything about it was utterly dull. The decision of not having a host or hostess didn`t work at all. No surprise, no fun, no irony, nothing. With one exception, though. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga performing “Shallow”, from “A star is born”. Seguir leyendo
The Catholic Church has been sweeping dirt under the rug for centuries now. It’s high time they stopped doing so. “We must look this monster in the face without fear if we really want to conquer it”, said a Vatican spokesman. The testimonies of many victims of clergy sexual abuse Seguir leyendo
Last Monday I was watching the “Estrella de Mar” Awards, and couldn’t believe my eyes or ears. Winners were not allowed to say anything after receiving the prize ‘cause they were not given microphones to do so. You had to so some sort of lip reading to guess what they Seguir leyendo
The Chairman of Harvard University Astronomer Department, Avi Loeb, has stated that “it’s arrogant to assume we’re alone in the universe or even a particularly special species”. He thinks there’s an extraterrestrial spacecraft flying past the orbit of Jupiter right now. I wonder if they –whoever or whatever they are- could lend Seguir leyendo
“If we tell the truth, all our problems will find a solution”, said President Macri in full campaign mood. I wonder: why didn´t he do so almost 4 years ago, when he was elected? I mean, why didn´t he tell us the naked truth then? Isn´t it too late now? Seguir leyendo