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Nathalie Rothschild
Hey, why shouldn’t we go to the moon?
Yes, Gingrich’s idea of turning the moon into the 51st state is wacky, but why is everyone so down on space exploration?
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| Tuesday 24 January 2012 |
Sean Collins
A political fiasco of historic proportions
Obama is ailing, yet the bunch of political misfits posing as Republican presidential candidates can’t make any mileage from that.
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| Friday 20 January 2012 |
Nathalie Rothschild
The Obamas: from ‘Yes we can!’ to ‘No we can’t!’
Jodi Kantor’s gossipy account of America’s first couple reveals their struggle to adjust to the anti-climatic reality of government.
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| Wednesday 11 January 2012 |
Wendy Kaminer
Wanted: a president who believes in liberty
Aside from kooky Ron Paul, all the Republican candidates, as well as President Obama himself, have a very un-American attitude to freedom.
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| Wednesday 4 January 2012 |
Nathalie Rothschild
The Iowa caucuses: politics as spectacle
The Republican showdown at Iowa confirms how much spin and personality now dominate US politics.
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| Monday 19 December 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
Californian anti-serf dudes, get real
An Oakland start-up has received millions from Google to reduce our ‘slavery footprint’. Is this wise?
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| Wednesday 14 December 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
Who’s afraid of ‘loose cannons’?
Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich may be unguarded, but at least we know what he really stands for.
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| Wednesday 23 November 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
It isn’t only Romney who’s lost for words
The coverage of Republican hopefuls’ gaffes hides the fact that the entire US political class has little to say.
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| Wednesday 2 November 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
No more room for ‘the huddled masses’
While New York celebrates the anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, America shows little desire to welcome immigrants.
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| Wednesday 26 October 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
The horrors of Halloween advice
Why is the US health-and-safety brigade scaring kids about everything from inflammable costumes to poisonous treats?
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| Thursday 20 October 2011 |
Sean Collins
Turning protest into a freakfest
Why do the great and good of America want to be best friends with the Occupy Wall Street oddballs?
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| Thursday 20 October 2011 |
Wendy Kaminer
The disenfranchised majority kicks back
Occupy Wall Street may be incoherent, but it’s a long overdue reaction to an out-of-touch political class.
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| Wednesday 12 October 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
The rage of hip consumers
When Ben & Jerry’s, owned by Unilever, offers support to Occupy Wall Street, you know this ain’t no revolution.
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| Friday 7 October 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
The iMourning for Steve Jobs
The reaction to the death of the Apple boss shows how thoroughly mainstream Princess Di-style public weeping has become.
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| Thursday 6 October 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
The wannabe tyrants of Wall Street
Disdainful and conspiracy-minded, the protesters claiming to speak for all Americans are acting like teenage despots.
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| Monday 3 October 2011 |
Tim Black
The culture war over ‘Foxy Knoxy’
The pro-Amanda Knox campaign is far from saintly, what with its Italy-bashing and whispers about backward European men.
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| Wednesday 21 September 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
Is this Monty Python’s Occupy Wall Street?
The surreal protests in New York’s financial district will certainly leave the system shaking. With laughter.
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| Thursday 15 September 2011 |
Brendan O’Neill
How a few burqa-clad militants terrified the West
The so-called ‘Kabul offensive’ by the Taliban was nothing like the Tet Offensive in Vietnam – but it’s telling that the two are being compared.
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| Thursday 15 September 2011 |
Kabat and Adair
The feeble consensus on climate change
Why has it become taboo simply to point out that scientists disagree quite a lot about global warming?
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| Thursday 15 September 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
An election where everyone’s a loser
The victory of a little-known businessman over a New York Democrat reveals much about the state of US politics.
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