Dove va il mondo

“Newspapers have suffered some indignities over the past two decades. More than 3,200 of them have closed since 2005. More than 45,000 newsroom jobs, gone. Many of those remaining get gobbled up by vulture funds; their journalists take abuse at public meetings; and in many jurisdictions, politicians hatch strategies to strip them of a critical […]

A few weeks ago, as his administration embarked on a purge of the US government that evoked the mass firings and inquisitions of the 1950s, the American vice-president, JD Vance, took time out to explain to Europeans that, in fact, they were the ones who had a problem with ideological diversity. “In Britain and across […]

“The turbulent times took a massive toll on the U.S. education system, with student support varying dramatically among states, school districts and communities”. Fonte: Scientific American Autore: Lauren J. Young Link: How COVID Shaped a Resilient Generation of Kids

“Film-makers in China have long tried to find the secret sauce for movies that wow audiences while pleasing the Communist Party. The epics that evolved became known as zhuxuanlu, or “main melody” films, because they are in tune with the party line. But the heavy doses of patriotism that they usually involve have fallen out […]

The idea of America as an exceptional nation is often expressed by the phrase “a shining city on a hill.” But people forget how John Winthrop first used this description in 1630 as he addressed his ship of Pilgrims setting sail for the New World: “We shall be as a city upon a hill, the […]

“For decades, the rest of the world, especially China and countries in Europe, have produced much more than they have consumed, selling goods to America in exchange for an ever-growing pile of U.S. dollars”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Karen Karniol-Tambour Link: This Is Who Loses in a Trade War

“Once, we all respectfully listened to what epidemiologists said. We queued up for vaccines, observed distancing lines and confidently asked unmasked passengers on public transport to cover their faces. A tyrannical virus ruled over us, and we did everything in our power to limit its ravages”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Laura Spinney Link: Five years […]

“Alaska Airlines flight 1805, Los Angeles to Washington DC, March 5 2020. So spookily empty is the cabin, the nice stewardess keeps offering me the surplus sandwiches, somehow not realising that the physical splendour mesmerising you from the byline photo above isn’t compatible with white carbs. Not until I land in a deserted capital a […]

“DEI is dying. MEI is the new corporate rage. Standing for “merit, excellence, and intelligence”—in contrast to “diversity, equity, and inclusion”—MEI involves hiring solely on merit, without consideration of demographic factors. Labor economists have preached the gospel of meritocracy for decades. It’s refreshing to see it become fashionable”. Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: Roland […]

“In that rare thing, an Angela Merkel statement that aged well, the long-serving German chancellor worried that Europe accounted for 7 per cent of the world’s population, a quarter of its economic output and half of its social spending. Those numbers have modulated somewhat in the subsequent 13 years, but the gist of her point […]