March 26, 2008

Morfo: Nunca supe tu nombre

Nunca supe nada más de ti desde aquél día. Con un café de por medio en la mañana y algo más fuerte por la noche fue el espectro de nuestra única fotografía juntos.
Te miré como quien mira el cuadro de una vida pasada, de un recuerdo indeleble iluminado y opaco por la bruma de los [...]

March 26, 2008

Sarah Churchwell: The big issue in America is not race, it’s class

They’re calling it bold, audacious and risky, a political milestone and the most important speech on American race relations since Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed that his children might be judged by the contents of their character, rather than the colour of their skin. But according to the pundits, the power of Barack Obama’s epochal [...]

March 26, 2008

Robert Fisk: Silenced by the men in white socks

Shut them up. Accuse them. Imprison them. Stop them talking. Why is it that this seems to have become a symbol of the Arab – or Muslim – world? Yes I know about our Western reputation for free speech; from the Roman Empire to the Spanish inquisition, from Henry VIII to Robespierre, from Mussolini and [...]