In defense of Simon Romero
Quico and I got into a bit of a disagreement this morning about the tone of his recent posts on Simón Romero’s work covering Venezuela for the New...
When bland journalism reads like a hatchet job
Reading Simón Romero’s New York Times piece on the intensifying wave of repression in recent weeks is a strange experience – and one that paints a vivid picture...
Mutatis Mutandi
Julian Sánchez says: One of the more striking features of the contemporary chavista movement is the extent to which it has been moving toward epistemic closure. Reality is...
One Premise and Three Theses on the Visibility of Sausage Making
Premise: It goes without saying that NiNis aren’t hanging on the edge of their seats watching every twist and turn of the MUD sausage-making saga. Nor, for that matter,...
What's good for the goose is good for Mirand-er
A tragedy in eight acts: Act I – Contrary to the wishes of sensible, prescient, and highly intelligent voices in the opposition opinion-sphere, the opposition umbrella group decides...
Clear as MUD
"Chamo, lets do an Oswaldo Álvarez Paz week…I mean, why not? It’s Semana Santa, there aren’t going to be any other news…" ...
Back when pluralism started at home...
http://www.youtube.com/v/5S3ODF2123U&hl=en_US&fs=1& There’s plenty to sink your teeth into as, thanks to the miracle of YouTube, you watch Oswaldo Álvarez Paz’s 1993 campaign biopic with the (dubious) benefit of hindsight. ...
Last chopper out of Saigon
The recent imprisonment of Oswaldo Alvarez Paz, for nothing more than a snooze-inducing statement of the obvious on Alo, Ciudadano, brought back memories of OAP’s ill-fated attempt at...
World's Most Meta Candidacy Announcement
Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. In the very same interview that got Oswaldo Alvarez Paz thrown in jail, he said that he would not seek nomination to...
Everybody Already Knows Everything
[Note: If you came looking for fresh insights or proper analysis, you might as well move along. This one’s just one long rant. Click through only if you’re up...
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