Breaking Judicial Norms: A History - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is widely reported to have told his Democratic colleagues on Saturday that “nothing is off the table for next year” if Republicans confirm a Supreme Court nominee in this Congress.…
What Could Go Wrong on Election Day - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A. #TrumpIf most ballots this fall are cast by mail, the results may not be known for days. That could plunge America into prolonged controversy and undermine confidence in the outcome and the democratic system, both something adversaries in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran would cheer.…
The Next Pandemic: Trump Derangement Syndrome - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A. #TrumpIt’s been going around for some time and now appears to be in danger of spreading widely. I refer not to Covid-19, but to Donald-20, or, to use its pseudoscientific name, Trump Derangement Syndrome. Research has shown that TDS appears in five stages, each of advanced intensity.…
‘Covid Powers’ Wreck My Neighborhood - WSJ
#Politics #Crime #U.S.A.For many years I’ve lived in paradise—the Upper West Side. We have convivial neighbors, beautiful buildings, great subways, excellent theater and dance, fine libraries and bookstores, wonderful restaurants, pleasant markets. There were problems but we worked them out amicably.…
The Ideological Corruption of Science - WSJ
#Politics #Racism #ScienceIn the 1980s, when I was a young professor of physics and astronomy at Yale, deconstructionism was in vogue in the English Department.…
NZZ - Linksextreme Gewalt: Es bedarf einer Änderung der Politkultur
#Politics #Crime #DeutschlandGewalt gegen Polizisten gehört fast schon zum guten Ton in der westlichen Gesellschaft. In Deutschland wirkten das Beispiel Joschka Fischer und der Aufstieg von Grünen und Teilen der SPD aus extremen linken Zusammenhängen als symbolische Etablierung.…
Merkel und ihr Schattenmann | NZZ
#Politics #DeutschlandWie lange hält die grosse Koalition? Die volle Legislatur? Eher unwahrscheinlich. Bis zur Bayern-Wahl am 14. Oktober dieses Jahres? Vermutlich ja.…
America’s New Nihilism - WSJ
#Politics #Racism #CrimeThe late 1960s were the heyday of modern American liberalism, which was then an ideology of hope. A bipartisan Congress passed landmark civil-rights legislation in 1964 and 1965. The precipitating event of the urban riots in 1968 was the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.…
Violent Protest and the Intelligentsia - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A.The similarities between this week’s riots and the Los Angeles riots of 1992 are obvious. Both were occasioned by appalling video images, and both divided the nation along partisan and ideological lines. The differences between the two events, however, are more revealing.…
Unruhen in den USA: Interview mit Ökonom Glenn Loury
#Politics #U.S.A.Der Aufruhr über Polizeigewalt sei die Folge einer verzerrten Darstellung des Problems, sagt der schwarze «Nein-Sager» und Ökonom Glenn Loury. Er lenke mit der «leeren These vom Rassismus» den Blick von den wirklichen Problemen der schwarzen Amerikaner ab.…