@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] Hubris. Melodrama. Scheming and screaming. Refusal to accept one’s errors. Refusal to accept defeat. No, I’m not referring to South American football teams — although, all the above do apply to...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story, click here.] Of all the subjects I may be deemed unqualified to comment on, parenting is surely one of them. It’s easy for me, a childless man, to be idealistic, to condemn what I believe to be poor parenting practices and be convinced that I would […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] Sustainable tourism. Measured by how most travel to a tourist spot — saying nothing of where they stay, what they do and eat — and using carbon neutral as the measure, the term sustainable tourism is really...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Having more efficient, simpler processes is something the majority of us no doubt desire. In the ten years plus I’ve been using the services of Migración Colombia, its processes have become more...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Yes, we shall set them to work, but in their leisure hours we shall make their life like a child’s game, with children’s songs and innocent dance. Oh, we shall allow them even sin, they are...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] So the last bastion of conservatism and right-wing populism in Latin America has fallen. Colombia has chosen a leftist president for the first time in its history. The rains that fell incessantly on the capital...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] In just over a month, 29 May 2022 to be precise, Colombians go to the polls to elect their next president. Fico fights back There are two things that we can take as virtually certain at this stage. One is that...
@wwaycorrigan Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste), Leo Varadkar, has said he wants to make the visa process easier for Colombians who want to study and work in the country. Speaking at a St Patrick’s Day reception at the Irish ambassador’s residence in...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] We’ve seen plenty of ire directed at those who haven’t completely condemned Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or shown unconditional support for the under-siege locals. Super Zelenskyy Even...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.’ That’s one of many maxims from Mark Twain. Were he to be with us today, it’s safe to assume that...
