"The Ukraine war", said David Petraeus, "is about as clear a right-versus-wrong as we have seen in our lifetime".
"This is where I want to seriously comment on the news that are coming on the press, about the World, but primarily about Portugal. Don’t doubt, this will be about politics, economics and society. And, especially, about my personal views on those."
Saturday, 29 April 2023
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Science and Democracy
Science and Democracy are interlinked. As Carl Sagan explained in words better than I could ever dream, "That kind of skeptical, questioning, "don't accept what authority tells you" attitude of science - is also nearly identical to the attitude of mind necessary for a functioning democracy. Science and democracy have very consonant values and approaches, and I don't think you can have one without the other".
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Rotten
Scandals within the current Portuguese government are so frequent, almost in a daily basis, that they aren't getting ripe for political consequences. The sequence is simply too fast for the public mind to stay focused.