Monthly Archives: February 2020

Die Zeit: Atlantic: Mitt Romney didn’t want to go through with it. “This has been the most difficult decision I have ever had to make in my life,” he told me yesterday afternoon in his Senate office. Roughly 24 hours … Continue reading →

Spiegel: Mit dem Abschluss des Impeachment­verfahrens ist die Unterwerfung der Republikaner vollendet. Aus moralischer Sicht ist das eine Bankrott­erklärung der Partei. Unter wahltaktischen Aspekten ist es vermutlich der richtige Schritt. I read this second sentence again and again and wondered … Continue reading →

Spiegel: Die Zahlen ließen 24 Stunden auf sich warten: Pete Buttigieg und Bernie Sanders gehen als Sieger aus den ersten Vorwahlen der US-Demokraten in Iowa hervor. Zeichnet sich damit schon das Duell der nächsten Wochen ab?

FAZ: Man muss es leider immer wieder feststellen: Washington ist keine leuchtende Stadt auf dem Berge, sondern Symbol eines politischen Systems, das in feindliche Lager zerfallen ist. Aus politischen Gegnern sind Feinde geworden. Wer sollte sich davon noch inspirieren lassen?

BBC: “In just three short years, we have shattered the mentality of American decline and we have rejected the downsizing of America’s destiny. “We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago, and we … Continue reading →

Gallup: President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has risen to 49%, his highest in Gallup polling since he took office in 2017. … His 94% approval rating among Republicans is up six percentage points from early January and is three … Continue reading →

It occurred to me this morning when reading Iowa voters using words like “socialism” and “communism” in connection with Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren that neither Sanders nor Warren is saying anything at all about worker control of the means … Continue reading →

Boris Johnson: In fact the only important bit of kit that is missing is Harrison’s sea clock – also exhibited close-by here in Greenwich and also commissioned in the same era, that allowed every ship in the world to determine … Continue reading →

This article makes the point the Democratic candidates in Iowa, like the population of Iowa and the Iowa Caucus process, are unrepresentative of the US: the country’s demographics show growing numbers of Hispanic voters and the average voter is significantly … Continue reading →