Dove va il mondo

“France’s literature, music and philosophy are drenched in this stuff — idealists crushed at the barricades, bayed to death by Javert fanatics or head-seeking throngs, driven to dungeons from which they seek to break out into open air. This culture does not lend itself to cloying clichés. There is no escaping the buried truth of […]

“So it is up to Paris to make the Olympics special again. Most around the Olympic movement — from IOC officials to advertisers to television broadcasters to social media companies jumping into the Games — are pinning their hopes on these next few weeks. If Paris can’t inspire audiences with its grand boulevards and Renaissance […]

“The organizers of the Paris Olympic Games have outdone their predecessors in trying to make the Games the most sustainable in the decades since climate change became a concern. But with an estimated 11 million tourists converging on the City of Light for the Olympics, including 1.5 million from abroad, the Games can only be […]

“After months of desultory campaigning, Americans have a race on their hands, and a good thing too. At a perilous time for their country and the world, they deserve a real contest.” Fonte: The Economist Link: Can Kamala Harris win?

“While largely supporting Biden’s policies over the past four years, Harris, 59, was once criticized for having few firm ideological convictions. She is largely seen as a moderate Democrat.” Fonte: TIME Autore: Chad De Guzman e Koh Ewe Link: A Guide to Kamala Harris’ Views on Abortion, the Economy, and More

“Elections are about the future. That’s why I am excited about Vice President Kamala Harris. She represents a fresh start for American politics. She can offer a hopeful, unifying vision. She is talented, experienced and ready to be president. And I know she can defeat Donald Trump.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Hillary Rodham […]

“The White House isn’t to blame for covering up the Democratic Party’s disarray—the media is.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Link: The Media Didn’t Want to Know the Truth About Biden

“All correct. But that’s not the whole truth. Not the full story. It misses the bigness of what Biden just did — its historical rarity, its emotional agony, its fundamental humility.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Frank Bruni Link: What Joe Biden Just Did Is Utterly Extraordinary

“In Silicon Valley, the heartland of US innovation that has long been considered a bastion of liberal beliefs, Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election provoked despair.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Tabby Kinder, George Hammond and Hannah Murphy e Alex Rogers Link: Has Silicon Valley gone Maga?

“One consequence is that Reagan Republicanism is all but dead. In recent years the Republican Party has been united around personality, not policy. It contains free-traders and supporters of universal tariffs; internationalists and isolationists; champions of corporate America and people who believe big companies are rapacious and unpatriotic. In the past Mr Trump has done […]