Sharon Stone muss noch heute betonen, dass sie privat ganz anders ist als in „Basic Instinct“, Stephen Colbert vergleicht sich mit einem Brennstab, und der Papst geht den Peruanern auf den Keks.

The president’s image and name are proliferating in Washington and beyond, overturning well-advised democratic taboos on glorifying sitting leaders

One of the surest signs of an authoritarian regime is the ubiquity of its leader. Mussolini’s face was plastered across fascist Italy. In North Korea, pictures of Kim Jong-un have appeared alongside those of his father and grandfather, which are present in every home and public building. The golden statue of Turkmenistan’s leader, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, perching on a marble cliff in the capital is one of a multitude of portrayals.

Thriving democracies spurn such displays, rightly judging it safer to laud leaders once they are out of power. The first US president, George Washington, refused to appear on currency, believing that redolent of European monarchs. The 47th has no such concerns. The administration wants a $250 bill depicting Donald Trump to commemorate the 250th anniversary of independence, though federal law does not currently allow banknotes to depict living people. His signature will soon appear on $100 bills: a first for a US president.

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Riccione’s leftwing mayor, Daniela Angelini, says public purchase is victory for town and ‘act of love and vision’

An Italian council has bought a villa where Benito Mussolini spent his summer holidays, partly to avoid the property falling into the hands of “fascist nostalgics”.

Daniela Angelini, the leftwing mayor of Riccione, a town close to Rimini along Italy’s Adriatic coast, said the acquisition of Villa Mussolini through an auction was “an act of love and vision” and that bringing it back into public hands was a victory for the entire town.

Das Münchner Abkommen von 1938 war nicht nur eine Niederlage für die Appeasement-Politik der Briten, zeigen Christian Goeschel und Daniel Hedinger. Auch andere Mächte zogen ihre Lehren aus dem faschistischen Spektakel – bis heute.

Die italienische Regierungschefin plant eine Justizreform. Sie will die Macht der Staatsanwälte und Richter beschneiden. Manche Kritiker sehen die Gewaltteilung in Italien in Gefahr.