De camino al trabajo escuché parte de una entrevista que le realizó Rubén Sánchez (WKAQ) al Dr. César Vázquez. La retórica vejatoria de este mal llamado “líder religioso” contra las personas homosexuales me provoca asco e indignación. Además, me alarma pues ataques a la integridad moral y ética de la comunidad homosexual solo promueven odio y violencia.
CONFEDERATE FLAG, OBAMACARE AND GAY MARRIAGE
History unravels in unexpected ways. And the past few days have been explosive. On social media, I keep reading posts and comments from friends, family and strangers nagging about the fuss and celebration regarding “trivial” things when there are “more important issues” to deal with. At the beginning, I thought it was better to ignore those comments. Not anymore.
JUSTICIA ENFERMA
La manipulación de evidencia es una de las manchas más horrendas en nuestro sistema de justicia. El número de convicciones “erróneas” producto de este fenómeno sigue creciendo.
Desde su creación en 1989, el Registro Nacional de Exoneraciones de la Universidad de Michigan ha documentado 1586 convicciones erróneas.
THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO
Children as young as 13 years old have been tried as adults and sentenced to die in prison, typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense. Many young children in America are imperiled by abuse, neglect, domestic and community violence, and poverty. Without effective intervention and help, these children suffer, struggle, and fall into despair and hopelessness.
EL GABISMO
La agente literaria del recién fallecido Gabriel García Márquez, Carmen Barcells, proclamó que tras la muerte del autor surgirá una nueva religión que se conocerá como el “gabismo”. En mi ya encontró un nuevo feligrés.
POR SIEMPRE EL GABO
Gabriel García Márquez, precursor del realismo mágico y para muchos el autor más destacado de la lengua española después de Cervantes, murió en Méjico a los 87 años el jueves, 17 de abril.
INJUSTICE
The injustice that prevails in our justice system is criminal. Thousands of young kids are deprived of any opportunity to rehabilitate, redeem themselves and succeed.
What is the opposite of poverty? It’s not wealth. In our country the opposite of poverty is justice.There’s no justice unless you can pay for it.
CLIMATE CHANGE
A climate change report published today by the United Nations warns that the impacts of global warming are likely to be “severe, pervasive and irreversible”. Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change. Ignorance is no longer a good excuse. Denial of the science is malpractice.
DEMOCRACY
What’s gone wrong with democracy? Democracy is going through a difficult time. Between 1980 and 2000 democracy experienced a few setbacks, but since 2000 there have been many. Where autocrats have been driven out of office, their opponents have mostly failed to create viable democratic regimes. Even in established democracies, flaws in the system have become worryingly visible and disillusion with politics is rife.
CARLOS FUENTES
Se fue otro de los grande. Larga vida a este gran maestro de la literatura. QEPD Carlos Fuentes.