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Author: Christopher Burke

Christopher Burke is a freelance writer and cartoonist based in Bogota, Colombia. His cartoons are often in the pages of the Chronicle of Higher Education and are always found at http://www.burkecartoons.com. His observations on daily life in Colombia can be found at http://christopherburkecolombia.wordpress.com.

Goodbye Washington. Hello Courtroom

January 14, 2021 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, Trump, Uncategorized One comment

In an interview with Madrid’s El País newspaper, published on January 10, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, Anne Applebaum didn’t hold back. “The Trump adventure is

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COVID-19 vaccines in a rich-country, poor-country world

December 18, 2020 Christopher Burke Health, Health care One comment

That we live in an unequal world is nothing new. Now, though, that reality may have unpredictable consequences for all of us. We are

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jerusalema

Jerusalema: Viral South African song/dance brings celebration to hard times

December 9, 2020 Christopher Burke Coronavirus, Fine Arts, Literature/Arts/Film One comment

Celebrating in these difficult times is hard. We’re still in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic. Thankfully, vaccines are being approved and the beginning

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Sore loser: The End of a Blowhard Bully

December 2, 2020 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, Trump One comment

Implosion is defined as the instance of something collapsing violently inwards. We are witnessing implosion on the national stage right now as our current

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populism

Populist bedfellows: Donald Trump and Hugo Chavez

October 18, 2020 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, International One comment

“He based his popularity on his extraordinary charisma, much discretionary   money, and a key and well-tested political message: denouncing the past and  promising

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Supreme Courts: American and international variations on a theme

September 27, 2020 Christopher Burke International, Supreme Court [SCOTUS] One comment

The US Supreme Court didn’t always have nine members. The original Supreme Court established by the Constitution in 1789 had six. However, the number

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Will Trump get Swifted?

September 19, 2020 Christopher Burke 2020 Election 2 comments

In early September, Brandwatch published its list of the most popular people on Twitter based on the number of their followers. Trump’s 3+ years

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Bogota

Bogota quarantine: Nobody is hiring mariachis anymore

August 5, 2020 Christopher Burke Coronavirus, International One comment

In quarantine here in Bogotá, the days flow into more days. But sometimes the routine of sameness is broken up. At a certain moment,

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Covid19

Life by numbers

April 29, 2020 Christopher Burke Coronavirus, International One comment

Once upon a time, we had Paint by Numbers. Now suddenly, we have Life by Numbers. Numbers circulate in our daily 2020 lives just

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Bogota

Quarantined in Bogota

April 6, 2020 Christopher Burke Coronavirus, International One comment

A friend asked me on Whatsapp today how my cats were doing. They’re doing just fine. Early on, I fretted about having enough food

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