What Will Become of Brazil? – Folha de S. Paulo, November 28, 1988
The Republic emerged from the ruins of the imperial regime. Many believed that the Monarchy was gone forever. However, just before the Republic’s centennial, the Constituent Assembly reminds us that the republican regime still lacks any foundation for its “democratic legitimacy” beyond Marshal Deodoro’s sword.
Those Who Hope Only to Be Devoured in the End – Folha de S. Paulo, April 11, 1988
Relativism is the magic formula of contemporary “neo Chamberlainism” or “neo Daladierism.” For its supporters, all truths and errors are relative; any absolute statement is dismissed as fanaticism. Truth lies always and only in the middle ground — that is, in a compromise among all opinions, no matter how diverse or contradictory they may seem.
When certainties disappear, intellectual activity loses its natural purpose, and lethargy takes over public opinion
Those Who Hope Only to Be Devoured in the End – Folha de S. Paulo, April 11, 1988
Relativism is the magic formula of contemporary “neo Chamberlainism” or “neo Daladierism.” For its supporters, all truths and errors are relative; any absolute statement is dismissed as fanaticism. Truth lies always and only in the middle ground — that is, in a compromise among all opinions, no matter how diverse or contradictory they may seem.
When certainties disappear, intellectual activity loses its natural purpose, and lethargy takes over public opinion
Egalitarian Extremism in the Teaching of History – Folha de S. Paulo, December 21, 1987
Article 24 states its goal: that education should “give equal consideration to the contributions of different ethnic groups” toward the “formation … of the Brazilian people.” “Giving equal consideration” here means that history teaching must fairly distribute coverage and emphasis to each ethnic group in the “multicultural formation” of our people.
Egalitarian Extremism in the Teaching of History – Folha de S. Paulo, December 21, 1987
Article 24 states its goal: that education should “give equal consideration to the contributions of different ethnic groups” toward the “formation … of the Brazilian people.” “Giving equal consideration” here means that history teaching must fairly distribute coverage and emphasis to each ethnic group in the “multicultural formation” of our people.
Enigma, Gossip, and Drip-Drip – Folha de S. Paulo, November 30, 1987
The distinguished TFP member Dr. Atílio Guilherme Faoro, titled Agrarian Reform: ‘Promised Land,’ ‘Rural Slum,’ or ‘Kolkhozes’? — A Mystery Unveiled by the TFP (Ed. Vera Cruz, 198 pp.)
Enigma, Gossip, and Drip-Drip – Folha de S. Paulo, November 30, 1987
The distinguished TFP member Dr. Atílio Guilherme Faoro, titled Agrarian Reform: ‘Promised Land,’ ‘Rural Slum,’ or ‘Kolkhozes’? — A Mystery Unveiled by the TFP (Ed. Vera Cruz, 198 pp.)
Representative Government and Chronic Ignorance – Folha de S. Paulo, November 23, 1987
All this being said, it is inevitable that controversy ceases to be a noble and disinterested sparring of arguments and turns into a vulgar “rugby” game of defamation, losing both seriousness and skill under the influence of that peculiar itch caused by gossip.
Representative Government and Chronic Ignorance – Folha de S. Paulo, November 23, 1987
All this being said, it is inevitable that controversy ceases to be a noble and disinterested sparring of arguments and turns into a vulgar “rugby” game of defamation, losing both seriousness and skill under the influence of that peculiar itch caused by gossip.
The Council, the Lighthouse, and the Sailor (2) – Folha de S. Paulo, July 1, 1987
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira As Congressman Cunha Bueno raises the banner of the monarchy—with considerably greater impact than many had imagined—and as the idea of a parliamentary system no longer seems far from realization, I am certain that I serve my country on a nonpartisan and apolitical basis by recalling another memory […]