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The Ides of August

The Ides of March became famous in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar assassination at the Roman Forum allegedly for his autocratic tendencies. Ironically, his death paved the way for the emergence of the Roman Empire under the autocracy of the Caesars. Our Ides of August labels the...
Posted On Aug 15 2014 04:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Sol de Agosto

Sol de Septiembre is the name of a village an hour outside Santiago in Chile that I visited in the early ’80s. Augusto Pinochet had a tight grip on the nation’s helm, and his self-mythos was intruded into when Ferdinand Marcos withdrew an invitation for a stopover on his way from...
Posted On Aug 14 2014 04:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara

In gas we trust, its trash we got

Oil earned our trust. In Texas in the ’60s, fossil fuel determined the economic health of the state, the rationale for its politics, and the texture of its culture. Romanticized cowhands in the ranch may have determined the couture on Northwest Highway Mall, but the faces under...
Posted On Aug 13 2014 04:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara

In Obama do we trust

I supported Barack Obama twice in his presidential campaigns. Our title caricatures the nation’s motto, mirroring a glitch in Obama’s presidency, or revealing a flaw in the current system of governance. We are constituted to be a government of checks and balances, not to oppose...
Posted On Aug 12 2014 04:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara
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