Tag: Elections
The reforms’ impermeability in the face of elections (and the Pact for Mexico)
After the July 7th elections, both PAN and PRD put their continuity in the Pact for Mexico into...
The Morris Xalapensis: an effective rehash
Given the current rules of the game, the fleeting emergence of campaigns such as the Morris cat, which...
PRI: a lesser evil?
In Samuel Beckett's play, two characters, Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot, but Godot never shows up. The...
Missing the point
A legend, allegedly concocted by Voltaire, tells that Isaac Newton formulated his law of gravity when an apple...
Mere spectators
Stalin once said that people who place their vote in the ballot box do not decide anything. According...
What Does It Matter
Many elections will be held today, but the citizen has good reason to ask what difference the result...
The Day After
Six weeks away from the next electoral joust, it is facile to anticipate the scenario at official Mexican...
Off (the Playing) Field
In reflecting on British politics, Bertrand Russell said that generations of voters follow a predictable pattern that inexorably...
For What?
In one of his famous observations, Einstein affirmed that "the unleashed power of the atom has changed everything...
Decision Time
Saint Augustine said that time is present in three facets: the present, as we experience it; the past,...