June 6th, 2008
And now, at last, we’ve got to the interesting part: the race between two candidates seemingly so different from one another that their opposing presidential campaigns can actually be described in large, sweeping metaphors. Read on »
May 8th, 2008
Are you tired of the US election campaign? Not really sure what they’re arguing about any more? Read on »
April 4th, 2008
Forty years after the murder of Martin Luther King, the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama has once again led America to search its soul. Read on »
January 5th, 2008
On the day when Barack Obama first entered America’s consciousness I was sitting glumly in the audience. It was the summer of 2004, at the Democratic Convention in Boston. Read on »
December 12th, 2007
Where have all the plumbers gone? Read on »
June 5th, 2007
Last week, I found myself in Dom Knigi, the very largest of all the very large Moscow bookstores, staring at the history section. Read on »
April 18th, 2007
Dissidents against the authoritarian regime, many of them in London, are raising the stakes. The President’s response is to get even tougher — and to target Britain in his new propaganda war. Read on »
February 14th, 2007
‘War in Iraq, war in Iran?” That’s a headline I saw in Britain earlier this week. Read on »
September 12th, 2006
‘Poised as I am, halfway between the two cultures, it was a little strange watching British reactions to events in America last week… Read on »
July 5th, 2006
By allowing Russia to stage the summit we have accepted her as one of us. This G8 will give its tacit approval to the theft of private assets, the destruction of the rule of law and the violation of human rights. Read on »