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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.
Aging

Old as the Hills

June 24, 2022 Christopher Burke Civil liberties, Democracy, Health, Human Rights Leave a comment

Age is a moveable number determined by our internal joie de vivre quotient, or so we are often told. According to this premise, we are just as old as we feel. Our true age may be 75 or 85, but we might still prefer to be 50 or 60 in our mind’s eye.

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War, huh (good God y’all) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing

April 30, 2022 Christopher Burke Military, Protest/Resistance, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, War One comment

War, huh (good God y’all) / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing / Say it, say it, say it / War (uh-huh), huh (yeah, huh) / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing, / Listen to me

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Back in USSR

Back in the USSR

March 13, 2022 Christopher Burke Back in the US, Civil liberties, Corruption, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Putin, Russia, War Leave a comment

In 1959, Chuck Berry had a hit with a song called Back in the USA, a rock ‘n roll propelled love anthem to America.

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Venezuela: Ukraine comes home to roost

February 4, 2022 Christopher Burke Foreign Policy, International Leave a comment

And yet, quietly, and somewhat menacingly to a distracted US, Russia has in recent years again begun to spread its tentacles into the economic heart of one of our neighbors immediately to our south.

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Love America

Who loves America most?

January 10, 2022 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, 2024 Election, Biden, Government, Politics, Survey, Trump Leave a comment

Oh boy, were we ready for a change. Biden and Harris came in with stratospherically high expectations. Lady Gaga sang the national anthem at the inauguration, and a new day was about to begin.

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Bogota breakdown: 10 lessons from an endless COVID lockdown

July 22, 2021 Christopher Burke Pandemic One comment

Lockdown and its close-knit family of dry laws, masking, self-isolation, curfew and quarantine have had extended shelf life here in pandemic Colombia. Throw in

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What June 1950 can teach us about June 2021

June 18, 2021 Christopher Burke History, Uncategorized Leave a comment

In June of 1950, Joe DiMaggio got his 2,000th hit. Guam was designated a United States Territory, and its residents were granted US citizenship. Budge

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The Pandemic’s Greatest Hits: Musical Blasts from the Past

March 25, 2021 Christopher Burke Pandemic, Uncategorized One comment

As I write, Miley Cyrus’s Party in the U.S.A. is sitting at number 17 on Apple’s iTunes US singles chart. Nothing remarkable, you may

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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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