A Quarter Century

Deutsche Welle: Freddie Mercury: Long live (the) Queen.

“Freddie Mercury, lead singer of rock band Queen, died on November 24, 1991, of AIDS-related complications. He fought until the bitter end to keep recording his music, and 25 years later his music lives on.”

Deutsche Welle: Freddie Mercury: Rock-Ikone für die Ewigkeit.

“Der Sänger von Queen ist 1991 an Aids gestorben. Bis zum Schluss weigerte er sich, dieses Schicksal anzunehmen, lange hielt er die Krankheit geheim. Am 24. November jährt sich sein Todestag. Zum 25. Mal.”

Trump’s world

The Economist: The new nationalism. “With his call to put “America First“ , Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism.”

“When Donald Trump vowed to “Make America Great Again!“ he was echoing the campaign of Ronald Reagan in 1980. Back then voters sought renewal after the failures of the Carter presidency. This month they elected Mr Trump because he, too, promised them a “historic once-in-a-lifetime“ change.

But there is a difference. On the eve of the vote, Reagan described America as a shining “city on a hill“ . Listing all that America could contribute to keep the world safe, he dreamed of a country that “is not turned inward, but outward—toward others“ . Mr Trump, by contrast, has sworn to put America First. Demanding respect from a freeloading world that takes leaders in Washington for fools, he says he will “no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism“ . Reagan’s America was optimistic: Mr Trump’s is angry.

Welcome to the new nationalism.”