Fernando BetancorDon’t Pack the Supreme CourtThe election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House has generated a vast enthusiasm among Democrats to “reform the system” with…Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020
Fernando BetancorDo Both Parties Practice “Judicial Obstructionism”?When Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate Majority leader, refused to hold hearings for the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme…Nov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020
Fernando BetancorTrump’s Economy: The Best or The Bubble?President Trump recently tweeted out his pleasure with the “great financial numbers” that were being announced “almost daily”. In usual…Aug 10, 20181Aug 10, 20181
Fernando BetancorThe Anthropocene — Humanity Is Racing towards a CliffThis analysis and my own thinking on the correlation between demographics, technology, prices and their manifestation in human societies…Nov 21, 2017Nov 21, 2017
Fernando BetancorCatalonia: Change the Rules or Lose the GameIt has been ten days since the Spanish Government imposed an Article 155 sanctioned take-over of Catalonia, provoking a defiant Catalan…Nov 7, 2017Nov 7, 2017
Fernando BetancorCatalonia Demonstrates the Limits of European IntegrationOn the 9th of May, 1950 the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed “to make war not only unthinkable but materially impossible.”…Nov 3, 20171Nov 3, 20171
Fernando BetancorThe Most Important Question of Last Year’s Presidential Debates (That No One Asked)I wrote last year about one of the most flagrant yet unremarked “fixes” in our political system in the aftermath of the first Presidential…Oct 31, 2017Oct 31, 2017
Fernando BetancorCatalonia is Already IndependentThe suspended declaration of Catalan independence on 10 October was followed by a week of uncertainty and allegations, with both Spanish…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Fernando BetancorOutside the Box: More Guns for Gun Control?Outside the Box is a series of articles that proposes unconventional solutions to controversial topics. Their purpose is to attempt to…Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
Fernando BetancorinNationallCatalonia Update: Political Prisoners Return to SpainSpain now has political prisoners for the first time since the dictatorship of the fascist, Francisco Franco. Last night, a Spanish judge…Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017