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...people in Spain??€”one of America’s NATO allies—hold these feelings, it is not difficult to imagine how people in other areas of the world feel about America. This last joke about America’s current hawkish government is being told on the streets of Madrid, but its echoes are heard across the globe...
Cruz and Ortiz were born a year apart in Seville, Spain (the former in 1948, the latter in 1947), and both graduated from the Madrid School of Architecture in 1971. Their work has been erected throughout Spain??€”primarily in their native and adopted homes—but has also been welcomed in Germany and the rest of Europe. Cruz and Ortiz are currently guest lecturers at the GSD, and in a fitting homage to their award-winning work, models and preliminary sketches detailing some of their most notable work now inhabit the lobby of Gund Hall...
Fine. But Yardstick has the temerity to venture further: Columbus did not commit any acts that were immoral by the standards of his day. Of course, in 1492 there were some who thought it morally wrong to enslave the native people of Spain??€™s conquered lands, just as there are some who today think it is morally wrong to drive SUVs—a debate Yardstick will leave for another column. But timid and sporadic discussion does not a moral consensus make. In fact, according to the eminent social historian Anthony Pagden, the debate was a question...