This is it. Period.

"Religion doesn't require others to adhere to rules. It only requires its believers to adhere to them." - Ian Bremmer

Portugal @ Olympics

It is rather captivating to watch Portugal's evolution in the Olympics over time. In the beginning, our medal hopes were placed in elite sports (horse-riding, sailing), then it evolved to the long-distance athletics (Marathon, the 5000 and 10000m running - that required guts and suffering from people's athletes) and in the last 20 years and nowadays, they lay at technical sports. Does this hint anything about my country?

Trump's inheritance

Wrote David Frum, at The Atlantic:

American exceptionalism

"This is something Americans often get wrong. We think because we are America, everything will work itself out. This is exactly what the Founding Fathers refused to believe. They thought human nature is such that you have to constrain it by institutions. They preferred Rule of Law and checks and balances. They were the opposite of American exceptionalists." - Timothy Snyder