On the set of CNews, sociologist Michel Maffesoli recently declared that journalism stinks, that journalists repeat whatever it is convenient to repeat, and that a conformism, which he called logical while misquoting Durkheim, has replaced independent thought with echo. The line has circulated for years in almost identical forms, on CNews, on TVL, on Frontpopulaire, … CONTINUE READING →
The global wellness economy reached 6.8 trillion dollars in 2024. It is four times larger than the global pharmaceutical industry, larger than tourism, than the information technology sector, than all of what is called the green economy. It grows at 7.9% per year and is projected to surpass 9.8 trillion before the decade ends. The … CONTINUE READING →
Every time an election approaches in Colombia, the name Cuba surfaces in right-wing speeches with near-mechanical regularity, not as analysis but as warning, not as a description of a country but as a code word for possible catastrophe. “If the left wins, Colombia will become like Cuba.” The phrase works because very few people actually … CONTINUE READING →