@wwaycorrigan Shannonside Northern Sound’s Joe Finnegan Show spoke to me as part of their series on Irish people living abroad during the coronavirus pandemic. The evergreen Anne Norris — my news editor for the majority of the time I was working at the station — was...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] In today’s rapidly changing world, the doctrinaires amongst us tend to suffer the most. Adaptability and flexibility generally trump the dogmatic approach. With that in mind, whilst some of you may view...
Cuando decidí regresar a Colombia y radicarme en Bogotá, lo hice, entre otras cosas, porque mi jefe de entonces era una señora caderona con complejo de inferioridad y grandes limitaciones para comprender la innovación social en América Latina. Y porque el panorama para...
El Park Way, ese idílico parque lineal en el que se podía caminar, meditar, encontrarse consigo mismo, escuchar el canto de los pájaros, el escenario de otros días que convocaba a compartir en familia y relajarse con una buena lectura, dejó de serlo. Le dio paso a los...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I’ve stated previously how I’m not at all averse to routine, as long as I feel it’s not too detrimental to my health and well-being. Downwardly mobile On the other hand, I’ve also let it...
Hay tres protagonistas de suma importancia dentro del paro nacional: los manifestantes, la fuerza pública y los vándalos. Los tres tienen características absolutamente distintas. Los manifestantes son todos esos miles y miles de colombianos que van por las calles exigiendo sus derechos, gritando sus consignas, bailando, cantando, gritando con furia, todos ellos con un mismo […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] For somebody who likes to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life, to discover new, more tranquil settings, having not left the greater environs of Bogotá for over 15 months has been far from ideal....
Una decisión apresurada, improvisada, sujeta a la pérdida de un funcionario al que no se le puede recargar de más tareas. No parece ser una buena decisión para el momento que está atravesando la capital de Colombia. Es como tirar desde un puente un lazo con la certeza de que se va a reventar. Y […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] The chaotic times Colombia is experiencing bring to mind just how inflexible a presidential system can be. Back me or sack me Faced with such a crisis in a parliamentary democracy, a motion of no confidence would most likely be tabled against the prime […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?’ ‘Whaddaya got?’ Some of you will recognise those lines from a classic scene in the 1953 US crime film The Wild One, with Marlon Brando playing protagonist Johnny Strabler. It was parodied, for those of us of […]
