America
Who started America’s presidential debates?
Word for word US presidential debates are often traced back to the first televised debate, between Richard Nixon and John…
Letters: Lessons for Boris from the classroom
Lessons for the government Sir: James Forsyth suggests that the Prime Minister wishes to avoid sounding as if he is…
American meltdown: a democratic disaster
What if no one accepts the election result?
Sick, puerile, inappropriate and delicious: Amazon Prime's The Boys reviewed
There’s a delicious scene in the new season of Amazon’s superheroes-gone-bad series The Boys. The chief superhero Homelander (Antony Starr)…
One zinger after another – but it’ll leave you cold: Trial of the Chicago 7 reviewed
Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 — don’t worry, you haven’t missed six earlier films — is a…
Who rules supreme in America?
Within hours of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Democrats and Republicans began fighting over how to fill her…
The myth of the ‘stolen country’
The myth of the ‘stolen country’
My run-in with the New York Times
It’s never a good sign when you’re watching a scene of street terror in yet another gut-churning YouTube video and…
As New Yorkers flee, the suburbs are under siege
As New Yorkers flee, the suburbs are under siege
Portrait of the week: Case takes over civil service, Zoom profits rocket and Ocado adopts M&S
Home Simon Case, aged 41, the private secretary to the Duke of Cambridge 2018-20, was appointed Cabinet Secretary and Head…
The best leader we never had
I spent Monday afternoon with The Wake Up Call, a new book by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge that lambasts…
Protestors are clearing a path for Trump
‘This city is not going to stop burning itself down until they [the protestors] know that this officer has been…
The Trump show: he could just win again
Is Trump about to pull off his most spectacular trick yet?
Wholesome, intimate and suspiciously vague: The Michelle Obama Podcast reviewed
Back in March, I made a long-odds bet that Michelle Obama would be the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nominee. I knew…
The difference between American and French wine-drinkers
Is it safe to visit the continent? On the one hand, abroad is likely to be less crowded this August…
Heavy-handed satire and schmaltz: American Pickle reviewed
American Pickle is a comedy based on a short story by Simon Rich, originally published in the New Yorker, and…
Cancelling Kindergarten Cop is a step too far
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s late-Eighties to early-Nineties comedies have not gone down in history as great triumphs. Films like Junior and Twins…
Has Trump’s Covid-19 response really been so dire?
The sight of Donald Trump fumbling with charts during his interview on HBO this Monday has provided much ammunition for…
The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
What should the world expect from a President Biden?
Tear gas Ted: the mayor manning Portland’s barricades
The mayor manning Portland’s barricades
The brilliance of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ slogan
Four years ago, I bought a ranch in Wyoming. Not that I was tired of New York, but I’m fascinated…
Putin plans to make the West destroy itself
How Putin plans to make the West destroy itself
How many people would refuse a Covid vaccine?
Worth a shot? How worried should we be about people refusing to have a Covid-19 vaccine if one is developed?…
We’re spending lockdown defending a family of mice
Austin My first Independence Day in the US for many years. Usually I’d be in Paris avoiding Texas heat. My…
Trump is taking on the historical revisionists
Donald Trump is fighting back against America’s historical revisionists
