Life is here, and we must dance! This is a free interpretation of Hic Rhodus, hic Salta that the old pagan Goethe quoted. The wise Zorba always danced, both to celebrate his joys and to exorcise his suffering. Because everything is part of the divine mystery we call life. “Life is a wonderful ...

In the midst of so much social hysteria and propaganda of fear, it is a pleasure to find some serenity and common sense in the statements of some doctors about the benefits of tobacco. According to recent studies, smokers may be more resistant to the new plague. This is a wonderful discovery for ...

“China won World War III without firing a shot,” said exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales from his Argentine refuge. But such an exaltation of communist fervor can turn around at any time. Many scientists in the free world question the official Chinese version. The latest has been ...

Envy and denunciation abound with fanatic ardor against those who dare to circumvent the confinement in Spain. The last case has been carried out by the former president, Mariano Rajoy, walking alone and at a very good pace on a street in his neighborhood. A neighbor—jealous of Rajoy’s ...

The drastic measures taken on Planet Virus have led to the largest repatriation in history of citizens to their countries of origin, which is very appropriate in cases of war. Millions of tourists have had to return home lamenting their luck when their vacation is shattered by a pandemic that ...

During the Tang dynasty, a golden age for poets, Empress Wu Chao forced every male dignitary who had an audience with her to wash his mouth with rose water and practice cunnilingus on her. Diplomats and courtiers had to do their best so that their requests were met, and even then it was not a ...

In ancient Greece glorious athletes competed naked, but in Tokyo they would have been forced to run the unhealthy marathon with a face mask. That would have been a rudeness of Olympic proportions that would make Baron de Coubertin’s hair stand on end! Therefore, the IOC has been forced to ...

Don Juan Carlos has been one of the best kings in the history of Spain. His work was essential in bringing about democracy and the current Constitution peacefully in troubled times, during which both the people and the Armed Forces behaved generously. He also thwarted the coup d’état in 1981. He ...

Since Marco Polo, Italy has always been the first European recipient of Chinese products. It happened with la pasta and today it happens with coronavirus. Currently the entire country is undergoing a kind of quarantine, which is better dealt with in Naples than in Milan. The upside is you can walk ...

If there is anything today that Brussels bureaucrats fear more than the coronavirus it is a new invasion of refugees. The much-vaunted humanitarian values tremble with the massive arrival of immigrants that put at risk both the economy and social balance. Therefore, instead of building a wall à la ...