And in the end, The Donald won. Forget suspense, days of counting, accusations of fraud, and the bureaucracy of democracy. He won clearly and immediately, all night long. He won in almost all the critical swing states; he took the […]
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Trump or Harris, Harris or Trump, but it’s not as simple as picking petals off a daisy. Today is election day, even though nearly 80 million Americans have already cast their votes in the world’s largest democracy. This is one
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The mud that killed, thrown at royalty. It looks like the scene of one of the popular uprisings that led to the construction of modern Europe, but it is not. The Spaniards of Valencia are angry, and they have lashed
Alarm, alarm, the wolves have returned. This isn’t a nursery rhyme; it could be the refrain of a silly song, or rather, a lamentable one. Yes, because it’s about wolves disguised as sheep, as one of our most beloved and
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Europe: a continent at risk of apocalypse, the most dangerous continent on the planet. That’s what some analysts are saying after the terrible flooding that hit Spain, particularly the Valencia region. In these cases generally, I have little desire to
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It happened to me as well, in a way, at my mother-in-law’s funeral in Rimini this past May. She was a beautiful Romagnola woman, a lover of life, music, and dance, taken by cancer in just six months. My wife
What does the vote in Liguria ultimately mean? In Italy, administrative elections, including those of the regions, often invite dual interpretations based on varying perspectives and the conveniences of the moment. It holds national significance, yet remains a local vote.
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On the issue of data, we have philosophized too much. There have been too many conferences, too much sociology, too many Netflix documentaries. We took for granted (a not-so-casual word) that our data had long been in the hands of
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The “Cricket’s Song” serves as a metaphor for the aging founder who makes one last, desperate crowing in a henhouse that has grown indifferent to his supposed power. After all, by continuously treating his followers as if they were all
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Let’s stop calling it the Ministry of Culture and start calling it the Ministry of Sex and Intrigue. And not just that—add shadows, suspicions, conspiracies, betrayals. All things that should typically concern more powerful ministries like the Interior, Economy, Defense,
