The banality of good

"Breathe, breathe in the air. Don't be afraid to care"Breathe, Pink Floyd ~~~~~~~~~~Five times I started writing...

The banality of the banality of evil

“The most horrendous crimes have been committed by ordinary people.” Hannah Arendt “Politics is not the art of lying, it’s the art of speaking the minimal...

40 years in the shade

The woman that enters the café must be around 65 years old. She is well-dressed, made-up, smiling from ear to ear. “I wait for company”...

Did Einstein eat peas?

Now for something out of the ordinary because, as we all know, too much exposure to topicality causes severe and permanent damage to the...

Albert Camus: A rebellious man

“…privileged to live one day as free people, namely as people who refuse to exert, as well as to be subject to atrocity.” Albert Camus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imagine...

Children need parents, not servants

  A beautiful spring day when the sun made its appearance again after a short break, I took my son to the neighborhood’s playground. As...