In 1956, the scientist Clair Patterson warned that there was an excess of lead in the environment linked to industrial production. Patterson was accused of fundamentalism for warning about the health-related dangers of this metal, just as it happens today with some industries that dismiss scientific evidence.

Five centuries of the Protestant schism and the one hundred years of the communist revolution are celebrated. Will there be revolutions like these in the future? Surely, but they will be very different.

The Independence Festivities of Cartagena affirm our identity and foster the social fabric. Thus, they must remain separate from the National Beauty Contest that obscured them with its media strength.

The Constitutional Court's decision leaves us a message for current debates about other forms of censorship that the industry deploys. One particularly worrisome is the use or pressure on the media to not transmit pedagogical messages such as those by Educar Consumidores.

Justice is a necessary condition to consolidate peace. We owe a coordinated, effective, and efficient state offer of justice to people in forgotten municipalities who have suffered the conflict.

Many men have difficulty understanding the fears that many women experience when facing the threat of harassment. We fail to understand the vulnerability that women feel in situations that men consider safe and banal, such as walking through certain places.

The gregarious energies of contemporary sapiens are increasingly concentrated in small, self-absorbed and selfish groups.

In Colombia we are late in documenting the industry lobby: their contributions to political campaigns, the pressure on Congress' members at the time of deliberation and voting. A good start is to keep track of the lobbyists and merchants of the doubt dealing with asbestos and ultra-processed foods.

The necessary independence of judges has been an argument against some attempts to reform justice. But it is a concept with multiple interpretations, and therefore we must clarify it in order to proceed with the reforms.