Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), the French philosopher and Jesuit priest once said “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” I’ve often pondered this quotation when extraordinary circumstances appear...
One of the core elements of the rational conservative’s worldview is that traditions developed over the centuries should carry greater weight than insights awakened in the present. But since humanity is in the midst of an unprecedented global crisis,...
This building is located 11 miles away from Irazú Volcano, in a place called Prusia. This place is characterized by fog and cold weather.
It owes its name to the surgeon that created this center, Dr. Carlos Duran Cartin. He...
Art derives from the power of imagination, whereas evil derives from the imagination of power. Both have imagination at the center. In one direction, imagination enlightens, educates, and elevates the human spirit; in the other, it degrades, darkens,...
Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948 after a rugged civil war. It is difficult to even begin to describe how such a change affects a country, but seeing the country today offers a glimpse at how society could...
Free show for communities in Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Quepos and Guácimo
Award winner dramaturgy for 2011
"All bureaucrats", by writer Luis Arguedas, packs his suitcases and goes on the road to different places in our country. Residents of Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago...
A great religious teacher once said, “No teacher, however illumined, has changed the basic course of man.” After hearing this statement, I began asking (foolishly I now feel): What is required to change the course of humankind?
Of course, the...
If you are looking for a place in Costa Rica to watch Super Bowl XLVI, and see the New England Patriot take on the New York Giants, Tom Brady vesus Eli Manning in the house that Peyton Manning built...
A spacewalker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military's highest-ranking astronaut, and a former chief of the NASA astronaut corps will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this May.
Retired astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz,...
U.S. earns berth to 2012 Olympics with 3-0 win, but underdog refused to lose without a fight
The powerhouse United States women's soccer team booked a spot in the 2012 Olympics on Friday but a gutsy Costa Rican side made...
