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Make Way for El Caudillo

  About 50 years ago as a Latin American Studies major at Tulane University, I learned about a political system that has plagued Latin America for centuries: the cult of the caudillo and its accompanying ideology, machismo. Rolled into one, the words describe a leader, or caudillo, who embodies extreme manliness, or machismo. Caudillos typically  ...

7 mins

Walmart Revisited

My eagle-eyed editor spotted an article in the December issue of The Atlantic entitled The Walmart Effect. Having written three blogs on Walmart early in the life of The Quixotic Deacon, I was naturally interested in the article. If you’d like to read it before reading my reaction, here’s the link.   https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/   The ...

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