The Gender Issue

Life was so simple before.  A person was born either a boy or a girl.  As the child grows up, natural attractions toward the opposite sex develop.  In some cases the attraction is toward the same sex, thus the term homosexual, or gay, or any number of other terms used to describe them.  Life for… Continue reading The Gender Issue

Un resumen y… pa’lante!

Bueno, haciendo un resumen sobre los artículos que hasta ahora he escrito bajo la categoría de “Mejorando a Puerto Rico.”  Primero escribí sobre la cultura, y como a veces pecamos de achacarle a nuestra cultura algunas de las fallas que como pueblo tenemos hoy en día.  Luego toqué un tema favorito mío, la basura.  Quizás… Continue reading Un resumen y… pa’lante!

Lobotomía vía Programación Televisiva

En un artículo previo en mi blog, titulado “Rehenes”, toqué el tema de la caracterización de muchos de los votantes en Puerto Rico.  Para abundar aquí, ¿de qué vale tener una alta participación en las elecciones, cuando un porcentaje significativo de los votantes carecen de los criterios necesarios para tomar decisiones informadas?  Tema controversial, lo… Continue reading Lobotomía vía Programación Televisiva

PC and the Pendulum Effect

You look up the term “political correctness” in Wikipedia, and you get the following description: “The term political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct; commonly abbreviated PC) is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. Since the late 1980s, the term has come to refer to avoiding… Continue reading PC and the Pendulum Effect

Covering up Columbus murals

There was recent news about a decision taken by the University of Notre Dame to cover up several murals in the campus Main Building which depict the life and exploration of Christopher Columbus.  The long and the short of it is that the university President was responding to what he felt were objections by some… Continue reading Covering up Columbus murals