Category: politics
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Notes from Cicero
This blog post is based on a couple of passages that I have copied and pasted from the book “The Cicero Trilogy” by Robert Harris. 2 weeks ago I found myself watching the Impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump from my hotel room in California, while reading about an Impeachment trial over 2,000 years…
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Politics: The Dangers of Simple Answers and Angry Masses
There is a lot of frustration and anger in the world. This has led to the election of Donald Trump, to the Brexit vote in the UK and to the Catalan independence movement here in Barcelona. On the declaration of independence here in Catalunya, I made this video reflecting on the last 18 months of…