Democracy And Freedom

The 175th Anniversary Of The New York Times: “All The News That’s Fit To Print”

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Yesterday, September 18, marked the 175th Anniversary of The New York Times, with its motto “All The News That’s Fit To Print”, begun in 1851.

Without any debate, The New York Times is clearly the best, most comprehensive newspaper in America, and the only one that has a complete index of all news for all 175 years, invaluable to readers and scholars, including this author and blogger, when he was conducting research for his two scholarly published works.

That does not mean that The New York Times is “perfect”, as no publication is totally that, but it is still the premier news source, with thousands of correspondents contributing to the best portrait of what is going on in America and the world at large, from before the Civil War through the two World Wars, the Cold War, and the tumult of the present day under President Donald Trump.

The New York Times, along with many other newspapers, magazines, and radio and TV news coverage, is essential to preserve the First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press.

Every decent person must, vehemently, oppose in every way possible the attacks perpetrated by Donald Trump and his corrupt administration, which are promoting the loss of freedom, democracy, freedom of thought.

The authoritarian bent of Donald Trump must be fought against in every way imaginable, as the never ending fight for keeping the federal and all other governments responsible to the public interest.

So the news that Trump has barred CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House Grounds cannot be allowed to stand.

He is also threatening the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and other news sources, which requires a response of opposition and determination by all Americans.

Donald Trump Is “Neville Chamberlain” Appeasement Of Nazi Germany In 1938, Repeated In 2025 Involving Ukraine And Russia!

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In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, wishing to preserve peace, made a deal with Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler, agreeing that half of Czechoslovakia should be handed over to the Germans to preserve peace in Europe.

Chamberlain horribly misjudged Hitler’s intentions, and within a year, World War II began, and Chamberlain’s reputation was besmirched for all time, as a naive leader who was tricked by Hitler, and Chamberlain’s name has been synonymous with the term “appeasement” ever since!

The lesson learned the hard way was that one does not make deals with authoritarians to give up territory for so called peace, as such dictators are manipulating and fooling their opponents into believing peace is assured by making such deals.

But then, we have now Donald Trump, the new “appeaser”, the new Neville Chamberlain, who is willing to make a deal with the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin, who has waged the worse war and destruction in Europe since World War II, in his three year invasion and destruction waged on Ukraine.

The United States under Joe Biden and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been valiant in their support of Ukraine, but now Donald Trump and his treasonous administration is ready to abandon Ukraine and trust Putin, who is, one must remember, formerly a KGB agent in the former Soviet Union, with a clear aim to restore the old Russia which collapsed with the end of the Cold War in 1991.

Putin is vicious, bloodthirsty, deceitful, and manipulative, and has found the “perfect fool” in Trump, and one has to say that Trump clearly has some kind of hidden reason to have embraced Putin from the beginning of his pursuit of the Presidency ten years ago.

No matter what one might deny, it is clear that Putin manipulated and helped elect Trump in 2016, even though Trump lost the popular vote by 2.85 million votes. There is clearcut evidence of collaboration, and one has to wonder why Trump is so intent on embracing authoritarians, although it is now clear, if not earlier, that Trump wants to be like a Putin, an authoritarian dictator!

International affairs is being upended after 75 years of NATO and support against totalitarianism, and lies about the Russia-Ukraine War are being spread to manipulate public opinion.

It is not just Ukraine which is in danger, but all nations and their citizens who care about democracy and freedom. It is clear that Putin, if allowed to succeed in taking over Ukraine, will next move to attack the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Poland in his desire to dominate Europe.

Clearly, Trump is a traitor to American values and national security, and we are in a massive crisis of whether our nation and the world will be secure and stable moving forward! For Trump to “blame” Ukraine for the invasion by Russia and call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator, is an outrage!