Hi, there. Great question. Today, as I waited in line at a drugstore (20 minutes to be told the medication i was looking for was not available) I started to keep count of the number of people who refused to wait in line and decided that... (more)

   It depends. If you are a believer, I guess you should. If you don’t believe in God, then obviously you would believe that bad things happen randomly, some are the results of human actions, other the result of natural developments and occurrences. That being said, I... (more)

 As some other commentators have rightly pointed out, theologically speaking, he does not. That’s why he subjects the proposal to the consideration of a council. So, in theory, the Pope does not change it, the church does. In any case, there are some subtleties to this... (more)

   Ego, in its negative sense, has wrecked not only individuals; it has wrecked empires. We can think of Ego as “a person’s sense of self-esteem” (OED); there’s nothing wrong with that. There is even a publishing industry devoted to elevate self-value/perception.   Psychoanalytically speaking, Ego is “the part... (more)

   Depending on the definition we internalize, it can be either. If we think about witchcraft as the dark art stereotyped by pop culture, horror movies and Salem witch trials, it is if not real, at least a terrifying piece of human culture. If we think... (more)

   Some fears I have been able to overcome out of sheer will and determination; others I am still struggling to combat, mostly because the source of the fear may not be clear even to myself. I grew up in a small Venezuelan town where the supernatural... (more)

   This is a haunting question. I have never experience saying good bye to a loved one, and I always have a hard time trying to remember what was the last thing I said to them the last time we met. I have not been present when... (more)

   The person I love the most is probably my mother and with her I have never had a single argument. I love my wife and my children, of course, but my old lady, for reason that most of you may understand, occupies a special place in... (more)

   Well, let me answer from the perspective of a father of 4 daughters who has seen in the last 20 years a transformation of the ideal of beauty in his culture with potential dangers for people’s health. Cosmetic surgery used to be a thing a) only... (more)

   I think that after his getting elected once, anything is possible. We live in a curious world, to put it nicely. Who would have thought a left-handed pitcher turned military with serious psychological issues would have been president of Venezuela? Who would have thought a bus... (more)