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  By Dr Marco Benavides. Some bands construct their legacy across decades whilst others illuminate the sky in an instant, depart, and leave an indelible mark. Creedence Clearwater Revival belongs to this latter lineage. Between 1967 and 1972, CCR defined a sound, penned generational anthems, and embodied the deepest tensions of late-1960s American society. The story begins far from the Southern swamps that would later populate their imagination. John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook met at secondary school in El Cerrito, California, forming The Blue Velvets in the late 1950s. Tom Fogerty, John's elder brother, joined as rhythm guitarist. In 1964, they signed with Fantasy Records, which imposed the name The Golliwogs without consultation. These years proved decisive: John Fogerty emerged as the creative nucleus, honing a rasping voice and a compositional style that combined narrative, social critique, and expressive economy. By late 1967, the musical landscape had shifted ...

 By: Dr. Marco Benavides. September 1, 1939 dawned with the metallic roar of German tanks penetrating the Polish plains. That day, Europe not only crossed a geographical border: it crossed the threshold into its own abyss. What followed was a vertiginous descent into absolute barbarity, a conflict that devoured entire continents and claimed more than sixty million lives. The Second World War was not simply a succession of battles: it was the violent implosion of a world order that could no longer sustain itself on its own contradictions. The seeds of this catastrophe germinated in the rubble of the Treaty of Versailles. That peace agreement was nothing more than revenge disguised as diplomacy, a document that humiliated Germany without disarming its resentment. The Weimar Republic floundered amidst hyperinflation and mass unemployment, while in the beer halls of Munich, an Austrian corporal with a trimmed mustache promised national redemption. Adolf Hitler did not invent hatred: he...

  By Dr. Marco Benavides. There was nothing to herald it—that particular evening when fate, circumstance, and four scruffy lads converged in a basement tavern somewhere along England's northern coast. Barely two decades had passed since German bombs had carved their signatures into the landscape, and the city still bore those wounds with a mixture of defiance and exhaustion. The venue itself was unremarkable: damp walls weeping with condensation, the acrid tang of cigarette smoke mingling with sweat and spilled ale, the cacophony of voices raised against a relentless tide of amplified sound. Yet it was here, in this unpromising sanctuary of working-class revelry, that Brian Epstein descended a narrow staircase, unknowing that he stood upon a threshold between one life and another entirely. Night possesses a peculiar alchemy, revealing what daylight guards with miserly discretion. Epstein discovered this truth the moment he pushed through the door and the sonic assault struck him ...

   By  Dr. Marco Benavides. Long before Instagram, TikTok, or the algorithms that now decide what we see, there was a woman who turned every appearance into a cultural event. Marilyn Monroe didn’t need Wi-Fi to go “viral.” It was enough for her to walk through a door, tilt her head, or speak with that breathy voice for the world to stop. What we now call a “trending topic,” she generated simply by existing. She was a movie star, yes. But she was also something more unsettling and modern: the first person to master—and pay the price of—the logic of massive influence.   Marilyn understood the power of image like few others. Nothing was accidental: every pose in front of the cameras, every crystalline laugh, every movement of her platinum hair was charged with intention. She could read the press better than a modern digital strategist reads “views.” She knew when to smile, when to stay silent, when to disappear so she would be missed more. She knew that a white dr...

  Few figures in world literature illustrate with such precision how a life marked by suffering can become raw material for understanding the human mind. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821–1881) not only wrote about guilt, anguish, faith, or despair—he experienced them with an intensity that allows us to read his work almost as an early study of clinical psychology and emotional neuroscience. In him, the boundary between life and literature practically disappears, which explains why his novels continue to function as a relevant psychological laboratory.   The episode that defined his existence occurred in 1849. After participating in gatherings where texts banned by the Tsarist government were read, he was arrested and sentenced to death. On December 22, standing before the firing squad, he heard the announcement that would transform him forever: his sentence would be commuted to forced labor in Siberia. That instant—when his brain had already accepted death as inevitabl...

  Under the lights of the Impact Challenger Hall in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Fátima Bosch Fernández, a 25-year-old woman from Teapa, Tabasco, wrote a new chapter in the history of Mexican beauty. On the night of November 20, she was crowned Miss Universe 2025 in a ceremony that showcased not only her impeccable poise, but also a tenacity and grace that transcend the physical. The fourth crown for a Mexican woman arrived wrapped in applause and a sea of tricolor flags that filled the venue. Beyond the glamour of the final night, Bosch’s triumph represents a narrative of authenticity that resonates with a generation that values substance as much as form. Fátima is not simply a beautiful woman who found her place under the spotlight. Her training in Apparel and Fashion Design at Universidad Iberoamericana, complemented by studies at the prestigious Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan and the Lyndon Institute in Vermont, reveals a professional who understands fashion from its creati...