Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
U.S. Gun Control Policy Is Not Only Domestic
The gun control debate in the U.S. fails to take into account the transnational effects of its gun policies through illicit firearms trafficking.
Read MoreMore Problems than Solutions
When I read international news I remember the following phrase by Henri Duvernois: “Everything could be better, but also everything could get worse, thus, everything is alright.”
Read MoreEthics and Economics
Some weeks I can’t find a topic to write about and on others I have too many topics. On this occassion I have in mind three topics: one about the Oxfam report about global inequality published on January 20th, another about President Obama´s State of the Union last Tuesday, and another about a conference that Michael Sandel gave last Thursday at Los Andes University.
Read MoreIntimacy in the Digital Age
Don’t let them persuade you that your privacy is worth less on the Internet. The general rule is that everyone has a right to intimacy, an abstract area reserved by the law for oneself, ones friends and family.
Read MoreThe Tea Party without a State
An article in the New Yorker from last weeks tells the story of how members of the Tea Party – the radical branch of the American Republican Party – began to doubt their decision to block the passage of the federal budget as a way to oppose the implementation of Obamacare, when they saw that this lead to fewer police officers on duty and the closure of the World War II monument.
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