Los tiranos siempre han sido ambiciosos y narcisos. Los de antes lo proyectaban edificando urbanizaciones obreras de cincuenta bloques de más de cien apartamentos cada uno, por decir algo. Dicen que durante los primeros años los vecinos podían bajar a la oficina del Banco Obrero y solicitar un servicio de plomería, por ejemplo, el cual era gratuito.No se crea que el paternalismo es un invento adeco.

Héctor Torres escribe un compacto, lúcido relato sobre la dinámica del poder en las ciudades latinoamericanas.

Sigue leyendo Cuando el demonio lo llame a escena « Prodavinci.

«Should the pope resign?»

No. As the College of Cardinals must have recognized when they elected him, he is perfectly – ideally – qualified to lead the Roman Catholic Church. A leering old villain in a frock, who spent decades conspiring behind closed doors for the position he now holds; a man who believes he is infallible and acts the part; a man whose preaching of scientific falsehood is responsible for the deaths of countless AIDS victims in Africa; a man whose first instinct when his priests are caught with their pants down is to cover up the scandal and damn the young victims to silence: in short, exactly the right man for the job. He should not resign, moreover, because he is perfectly positioned to accelerate the downfall of the evil, corrupt organization whose character he fits like a glove, and of which he is the absolute and historically appropriate monarch.

Richard Dawkins le cae a palos a la iglesia católica de una manera apropiadamente deliciosa.

Sigue leyendo On Faith Panelists Blog: Ratzinger is the perfect pope – Richard Dawkins.