Author Archives: Maje

SIDA y vitaminas.

The Doctor Will Sue You Now
This chapter did not appear in the original edition of this book, because for fifteen months leading up to September 2008 the vitamin-pill entrepreneur Matthias Rath was suing me personally, and the Guardian, for libel. This strategy brought only mixed success. For all that nutritionists may fantasise in public that [...]

In God we trust (el amigo invisible y el del dólar)

The God of Victory.
There is nothing to mark Osteen’s Lakewood Church, which I visited in the summer of 2008, as sanctified territory-no crosses, no stained glass windows, no images of Jesus. From my hotel room window, just across a six-lane highway from the church, it’s a squat, warehouselike structure completely at home among the high-rise [...]

Ejército voluntario.

According to this objection, the volunteer army may not be as voluntary as it seems. In fact, it may involve an element of coercion. If some in the society have no other good options, those who choose to enlist may be conscripted, in effect, by economic necessity. In that case, the difference between conscription and [...]

Día internacional de la mujer.

Fotografías de otras épocas (1925-1968)

Fotografías de otros tiempos (1898-1910)

Porque en la librerías de viejo no sólo se venden libros.

Sade.

Algunos dirían que tarda en sacar nuevos discos pero como ella dice, sólo actúa y concede entrevistas cuando realmente tiene algo que decir. Ya podían tomar ejemplo otros músicos.

Cáncer divino.

In the most extreme characterization, breast cancer is not a problem at all, not even an annoyance- it is a “gift”, deserving of the most heartfelt gratitude. One survivor turned author credits it with revelatory powers, writing in her book The Gift of Cancer: A Call to Awakening that “cancer is your ticket to your [...]

Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys.

Seguimos afrancesados.

Guillaume Dufay.

D.E.P

Éric Rohmer.

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