Estrella Oscura

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El Museo de Historia Natural Colegio de San José, surgió como un importante referente científico y académico en los niveles local y nacional, durante la primera década del siglo XX. Logró gran reconocimiento internacional gracias a la labor que desempeñaron los hermanos que fungieron como sus directores durante los 95 años de su funcionamiento. Durante esos años, el Museo de Historia Natural Colegio de San José atravesó por cuatro etapas claramente diferenciadas, que posibilitaron la recolección de especímenes de toda índole, la realización de excursiones, el intercambio de...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

Así como en los años 30 el reto principal para España era la revolución, hoy ha pasado a ser el separatismo, particularmente en Cataluña y Vascongadas, en menor medida en otras regiones. Se trata, en resumen, de si España va a permanecer unida como nación independiente, o a disgregarse, balcanizarse, en estados pequeños e impotentes, objeto de las maniobras e intereses de potencias mayores. Sorprendentemente, este crucial problema es vastamente ignorado en cuando a su origen, fundamentos e historia. Y no solo lo ignora la opinión pública, sino la inmensa mayoría de quienes la...