Dove va il mondo

“Wall Street is chattering about recession again, and this week there’s evidence to back up the worry: bad economic data, a plunge in equities and the dispiriting Presidential campaign. Who to blame may preoccupy the election season.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: The Editorial Board Link: Rumors of an Election Recession

“In early March 2022, when his country seemed in danger of falling to the Russians, it occurred to Leonid Marushchak, a historian by training, to call the director of a museum in eastern Ukraine to check that a collection of 20th-century studio pottery was safe.” Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Charlotte Higgins Link: Ukraine’s death-defying art […]

“The problem is that taking the high road only works if politics is a sport played mainly by people who act like grown-ups, which it is not. And also: Facts and context don’t make for particularly sticky messaging.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Jessica Bennett Link: Trump Is ‘Weird,’ Vance Is ‘Creepy.’ Finally, the […]

“I have only recently discovered how Lewis attempted to accuse me of a crime I did not commit. He was asked by the Metropolitan police why, in 2010-2011, News Group had ordered the deletion of millions of emails.” Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Gordon Brown Link: First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they […]

“But success for these Games has an added dimension: addressing climate challenges. Attention this week has focused on early medals, but also on the state of the Seine, whose water quality fell sharply after heavy rain, forcing postponement of the men’s triathlon.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: The editorial board Link: A bold leap towards a […]

“Kamala Harris has a lot to do in a short time — build a team, choose a running mate, introduce herself to the country. But her most important task is to figure out what this election should be about.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Michael J. Sandel Link: How Kamala Harris Can Win

“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?