Plato and the paranoia of power
Quico says: In a previous post, I started citing great big chunks of Plato’s republic. Strange as it seems, it isn’t just some gratuitous outburst of pretentiousness (though,...
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Chavismo Foretold
Quico says: We tend to think of chavismo as shiny and new: all 21st Century and postmodern. But the basic mechanism whereby democracy gradually morphs into tyranny? Plato...
Gustavo MarWHO?!
Quico says: State-level polls are likely to be thin on the ground over the next few weeks, and published polls even thinner. So I’ll jump on whatever I...
It's official
Quico says: Hugo Chávez is now fodder for Republican attack ads… [Have yer damn hat tip, JayDee…]
Quod erat demonstrandum
Juan Cristobal and Quico say: Sometimes, chavismo takes all the fun out of parody by, in effect, parodying itself. Case in point: Human Rights Watch has just published...
The apple that fell a couple of time zones over from the tree
Quico says: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait! The kid who runs El Chigüire Bipolar is Alberto Federico Ravell’s son?! HUH?!
Northern populist
Juan Cristobal says: – A scenery-chewing political reformer. A bible-thumping banner of books. A pitbull with lipstick. The political heiress to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. A hack....
My Dinner with Guido
Quico says: So, much as I’d vowed to avoid it, I find myself getting inexorably sucked into the Maletagate Maelstrom. Too much good stuff is coming out of...
Chavismo: Guaranteeing total impunity since 1999
Quico says: It seems like ages ago (and it was), but I remember it vividly. Back in those first few months of ’99, I genuinely was on the...
This Peronist presidency is b(r)ought to you by...
Quico says: The Miami Maletagate Trial is the kind of blogging black hole you could get sucked into and spend virtually all of your time covering. I’m mostly...
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