Ayer por la tarde falleció el escritor Germán Dehesa, uno de los cronistas sociales más talentosos que ha dado México. Amén de ser un prolífico autor, también era un usuario de Twitter prolífico. Por esta razón, no es de extrañarse el revuelo que provocó dentro de la red social su fallecimiento....

The soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team are, as their designation implies, trained and equipped to fight. They have a fleet of tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles. They carry their M-16 rifles slung over their shoulders at all times, ready to shoot if they are...

As 33 Chilean miners entered their fourth week trapped in a collapsed mine, experts from around the world gathered on this remote hillside to attempt what all consider a historic rescue operation. With video footage showing the men in relatively good health, much of the focus has shifted to logistics...

The flight attendant whose splendiferous wig-out on Monday involved an escape via an emergency exit slide has become a folk hero to his fellow stewards of the sky. Also, to everyone. “I’ve had that fantasy,” says Sara Keagle, a flight attendant for 18 years. “He lived my fantasy....

Treinta y ocho de los mayores multimillonarios de Estados Unidos se han unido a la iniciativa del fundador de Microsoft, Bill Gates, y el gurú financiero Warren Buffet, de donar al menos la mitad de sus fortunas, que sumadas rondan los 230 mil millones de dólares, informaron hoy los responsables...

After living the past seven years in this cabin the size of a hotel bathroom, the Crafton family seems in no hurry to clear out now. On a muggy, sun-drenched morning, all five of them — knees just touching, lives completely entwined– sit cheerfully in the sailboat that has been their...

He was in the first third grade class I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. Mark...

El 12 de abril de 1945 un hombre solitario entró en la catedral de San Patricio, en Nueva York. Había ido caminando desde el edificio de la CBS. Encendió una vela, y de rodillas musitó una oración. En sus ojos había lágrimas. A pocas calles de ahí el dueño de un restorán puso este letrero en...

Blaise Pascal, filósofo y matemático francés, desarrolló la primera máquina calculadora. Pocos años antes de morir, en 1662, se hizo cristiano y asceta y publicó su menos conocida “apuesta de Pascal”, en la que “demuestra” como es más rentable creer en Dios que no creer. La apuesta...