A Sad Moment in American History

A Sad Moment in American History We are witnessing a very sad moment in American history. The President of the United States is aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

February 20, 2025 · 1 min · 58 words

Democracy dies in the dark

Paul Farhi writes in »The Washington Post’s new slogan turns out to be an old saying« for washingtonpost.com Woodward’s source appears to be Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who ruled in a pre-Watergate case that the government couldn’t wiretap individuals without a warrant. In his decision, Keith apparently coined a variation of The Post’s motto, writing that “Democracy dies in the dark.” ...

February 25, 2017 · 1 min · 88 words