Tears, a protest, a tweet and a march
Scene I Act I – Hollywood actress Meryl Streep used her acceptance speech for the Cecille B DeMille award to criticise Donald Trump. She...
No country for machos: What is there about machismo in Brazil and Latin America?
Campinas, Brazil. A man breaks into a house and kills in cold blood 12 people in New Year’s Eve – amongst them, his own...
From Bad to Worse: An Open Letter to Two Presidents
January 20th is unique ... unique in that it has been inauguration day in the U.S. since 1937. Thus it is on this day...
The power of citizen participation
Several times, the concepts analyzed in theory and the ‘how should it be’ don’t really happen in reality, for social scientists like me it’s...
Trump’s Turn
From Friday, January 20th 2017. the United States have a new President – for many, not only in America, still at least controversial and...
The Human and the Beast
The year of 2016 was a tough one for Brazil. Within a political and economic crisis expressed in worrying numbers – 1 impeachment, 51%...
South American future from Obama to Trump
Due to Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election this November North American foreign policy will experience radical changes. The new government creates hopes...
Obama’s legacy and a confused future
President Obama's farewell address focusing on the state of our democracy offered a lofty perspective coupled with a homily on the responsibility of citizenship....
Follow The Money Of The Deep State
Like any other criminal enterprise, there is always a leader, or series of leaders. This is the essence of the RICO Laws, ie, the...
The MacGuffin Presidency
As many Americans get prepared for the End of Times on January 20th with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and even larger swaths...