I have been publishing this blog for 21 years and addressing political issues from it, a practice I have done from a very defined perspective.<\/p>\n
This perspective consists of the defense of very clear principles, which include the defense of the right to life from conception to natural death<\/strong>, the family as the basic unit of society, Christian values, the unity and sovereignty of Spain, individual freedoms, democracy, the limitation of political power, Western culture with Judeo-Christian roots, opposition to all forms of totalitarianism, rejection of terrorism and support for its victims.<\/p>\n On this site you can find articles saying the same thing today, five years ago, or ten or fifteen years ago.<\/strong> If there's one thing that fills me with pride, it's being told I'm very predictable, because if there's one thing I dislike in politics, it's seeing people who change their principles like they change their socks<\/strong>, practicing blatant opportunism, forgetting issues in the belief that they are inconvenient or unpopular, or even subordinating principles to personal or party interests.<\/p>\n I must admit that fidelity to principles comes at a huge cost.<\/strong> It means many doors closing on you, being hated today by those who supported you yesterday even though you haven't changed your tune, and even having to endure unpleasant things I wouldn't wish on anyone I consider my enemy. Sometimes I wonder if it wasn't worth going along with it<\/strong>, or perhaps dedicating myself to less thorny issues that would never embroil me in controversy, but that would mean giving up my freedom to defend what I consider true and just<\/strong>, and I still believe in those wise words found in Chapter LVIII of \"El Quijote\":<\/p>\n \"Liberty, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men<\/strong>; with it, the treasures that the earth holds or the sea conceals cannot compare; for liberty, as well as for honor, one can and should risk one's life.\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n We live in a society where betraying your principles is very well rewarded, why deny it?<\/strong> If I had dared to take that step years ago, today my bank account would surely have much more money and my life would be surrounded by luxuries I don't have now. But the price to pay then would be much higher: the knowledge that my freedom has a price<\/strong> and that, once sold, it's very difficult to get it back.<\/p>\n If continuing to defend everything I've stated above means losing friendships, readers, opportunities, and luxuries, I accept it.<\/strong> What I couldn't accept is having gained all that in exchange for betraying my values, letting others dictate what I should think and write, and turning this blog into the voice of some master. No, thank you.<\/strong> I have etched in my mind those words from the famous scene where Cyrano de Bergerac declared: \"Possibly not to fly very high, but alone.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n
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