Today I can state with sad emptiness that democracy has died before the specter of authoritarianism on the one hand and populism on the other. There are unmistakable signs of it. Let's look at the situation in Canada, the Europe-Russia confrontation being the scene of a possible conflict with unimaginable consequences, the massive violence in Iraq, Sudan, France, etc...
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first pediatric flu-related death for the 2023-2024 flu season. A child in the western part of the state recently died from complications associated with influenza infection. To protect the family’s privacy, additional information will not be released.