John Carlin

Perhaps he did not provide a boost to Real Madrid’s play but he honored the club and proved a wise investment

Religion has generated far more hatred and cruelty than any football match, however heated the rivalries and emotions involved

The late Margaret Thatcher had no time for laughs, and even less for sporting events

Racism in Spain’s soccer stadiums has to be seen as everybody’s problem before progress can be made

Even the average observer can see that the Spanish political elite have little "elite" about them

We have no medical proof that our political leaders are crazy. The question is, would we be better off if they really were?

When I think of South Africa I think of Mexico, and of George Orwell

What tourists love about Spain may well be the cause of its economic crisis

In the 1980s the US spent some $5 billion in El Salvador; then with the communist menace defeated, it went away