Archiv des Autors: Michael Wehle

Michael Thumann, Die Zeit: In Polen, in Frankreich, in Ungarn lässt sich aber auch jene Trennung beobachten, die die USA zerteilt: die gegensätzlichen Welten von Stadt und Land. In den Kleinstädten und Dörfern blühen Nationalismus und Konservatismus, sie bilden den … Weiterlesen →

Los Angeles Times: After confidently predicting Democrats would expand their House majority, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is having to explain why it looks like they will actually lose seats. Democrats will keep the House majority, but the losses there come as … Weiterlesen →

New York Times 05.11.2020: “Democracy’s sometimes messy,” said Mr. Biden, who remained ahead in Arizona on Thursday night but lost some ground there. “It sometimes requires a little patience as well. But that patience has been rewarded now for more … Weiterlesen →

New York Times: It’s kind of recognizable that this is the Brandenburg Gate but the photo is taken at a noticeably odd angle (perhaps a viewer will construe this as arty?) so you have no indication how many people were … Weiterlesen →

New York Times, 03.11.2020: Pennsylvania epitomizes the divisions, loyalties and shifting political currents of the 2020 presidential race. The mostly white battleground state, where four years ago President Trump narrowly became the first Republican to win a presidential contest since … Weiterlesen →

Johannes Völz, Die Zeit: „Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode“, hat der amerikanische Medien­wissen­schaftler Neil Postman schon 1985 gewarnt. Angesichts der mittlerweile über 230.000 Corona-Toten in den USA ist dieser Buchtitel noch nicht einmal übertrieben. For years I’ve remarked to people that Boorstin’s … Weiterlesen →

France 24: The much-anticipated “blue wave” did not wash across the electorate because, among other reasons, it was based on “the idea of a very, very large mobilisation of anti-Trump sentiment, not so much an adhesion to Joe Biden,” explained … Weiterlesen →

New York Times, November 5, 2020: What caught my eye here was the Live Update on the upper left, which, the day after the election, reports In Georgia, where the race is tightening, 45 percent of voters said they’re doing … Weiterlesen →

BBC: In one, the President wrote his vote advantage in key Democrat-run states had „started to magically disappear“, and in another that 500,000 votes in key states were at risk. The messages are now hidden behind warnings that say the … Weiterlesen →