Hungarian elections April 2014
Seeing a swastika used during an electoral campaign in Europe (or anywhere else) in 2014 proves that we have failed dismally in allowing it to happen, with nazis raising their…
Trolls, trolls galore
Russian trolls with Anglo sounding names are working overtime. Dozens of names, writing the same things in all the fora. Spewing venom and repeating trite and retrite anti-western platitudes. Good…
Gramellini confronta Renzi con Mussolini
Vito Kahlun cita Gramellini che confronta Renzi con Mussolini: Fatta eccezione per Daniela Santanchè, all’accostamento Renzi-Mussolini non si era spinto ancora nessuno”. Ha ragione Massimiliano Gallo che, commentando per The…
A New Narrative for the EU? European Education – “Peace” still counts
A New Narrative for the EU? European Education – “Peace” still counts Mediocre politicians blame other countries and, above all, the EU for all their problems. They get away with…
Gad Lerner: Dopo la sinistra, la superstizione Renzi
Gad Lerner: Dopo la sinistra, la superstizione Renzi Gad Lerner continua a cercare argomenti contro Renzi – che bella battaglia in nome della purezza ideologica. La sinistra non ha bisogno…
NSA eavesdropping – hyperventilation on a massive scale
A lot of hyperventilation over very little: every state worth its salt collects intelligence on enemies, and allies. EU countries could start pointing fingers at the US, if they did…
Google: Gmail users shouldn’t expect email privacy|The Guardian
Guardian has gone American, all the way. If you watch TV news in New York, after a while, you start getting scared of leaving the house. But you are also…
Mark Harmon: Opinion journalism needs ethical guidelines
Mark Harmon: Opinion journalism needs ethical guidelines “The Pew Research Center’s recent report, The State of the News Media 2013, documents what we all have observed — more news chattering…
David Simon on the Edward Snowden scandal
“Is it just me or does the entire news media — as well as all the agitators and self-righteous bloviators on both sides of the aisle — not understand even…