27:1 for Clinton:Trump political contributions for traditional mass media. And 270:1 for ESPN! Wow.
Of course, this points to Leftist/Democrat-tribal bias in the media.
For ESPN, the stories get more complex. --Do sports folks look to create value, dignity and the appearance of weight/seriousness though politics and govt intervention? --Do sports folks enjoy their work so much that they wouldn't respond to higher tax rates-- and assume others are the same? --Do sports folks see themselves as lucky and undeserving-- and are thus, more willing to see their work taxed? See also: Hollywood.
a century after World War I-- "the war to end all wars"
November 11th (11/11) at 11:00 a.m. is the 100th anniversary of the armistice with Germany that ended World War I. At the time, it was considered “the war to end all wars". It was soon replaced in the public imagination by an even larger war. Still, World War I was important both for what happened in the war and what came from it.
Like most people, I know little about it. But I have remedied this to some extent by reading Adam Hochschild’s excellent book To End All Wars.
Civilians arguably had it worse. Aside from war-time deprivations, civilian war deaths are estimated at about 20 million, including the Turkish genocide of the Armenians and the Russian Revolution. The War also led to the Great Influenza of 1918 when about 50 million died. (The epidemic started at an army base in Kansas and was brought to Europe by American soldiers. UPDATE: Jeffery Friedman argues in Harpers that the discovery of insulin was delayed for a few years by the war and personal machinations, killing thousands more.) If you include these deaths, World War I was more deadly — in absolute numbers and especially in terms of percentages — than World War II.
Once in the war, German leaders believed they would defeat Belgium and France in six weeks. From there, they planned to turn on the "real enemy," Russia. But the Belgians blew up bridges and roads, slowing down the Germans, giving the French more time to prepare and the British more time to jump in. The Germans got within 23 miles of Paris in September 1914, but wouldn't get any closer.
Hochschild explains how the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife set off the War. The Austro-Hungarians were "looking for any possible excuse to invade, dismantle and partition Serbia." But by the end of the war, almost all parties would regret their decisions to enter the battlefield.