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Dec 9, 2012
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©Matt Kenyon
Dec 9, 2012
©Matt Kenyon
Dec 2, 2012
America’s Thelma and Louise moment
Congress will still have to confront the ‘fiscal abyss’ that lies beyond the cliff
©Matt Kenyon
Nov 25, 2012
Washington must stop the creeping rust
The need to invest for the future becomes alarmingly clear
Nov 18, 2012
Obama’s path to Xanadu runs via Jerusalem
Tug of war between Mideast realities and Pacific strategy
- Editorial A dangerous spiral of violence in Gaza
- David Frum Why the Republicans lost
©Matt Kenyon
Nov 11, 2012
Obama’s next task is to split the GOP
The president must use seduction and brinkmanship to persuade Republicans to accept reality
©AFP
From
WORLD
Nov 7, 2012
Obama 2.0 offers reboot of ‘hope’
Re-elected president holds the cards. How will he play them?
- Simon Schama Why Obama won
- Jacob Weisberg Why Mitt Romney lost
From
WORLD
Nov 7, 2012
Obama must renew bipartisan effort
With a fresh initiative, the next term has lofty goals
- Comment Now comes America’s real test
- Jurek Martin Republicans need to think long and hard
©Matt Kenyon
Nov 4, 2012
US choice - a gamble or the devil we know
I suspect Mitt Romney would be far more pragmatic in reality than the persona he adopted
©Matt Kenyon
Oct 28, 2012
The president struggles to convince
If Barack Obama wants to win the election, he could do more to show it
- US election Obama’s endgame
- Romney ‘ground game’ plays hardball
From
WORLD
Oct 23, 2012
Debate reflects an inward-looking America
Dull exercise betrays absence of new thinking about the world
From
LIFE & ARTS
Oct 21, 2012
US immigration policy is killing innovation
Vivek Wadhwa’s ‘The Immigrant Exodus’ shows the effects of closing the doors to talented foreigners
Oct 21, 2012
Shadow of 9/11 towers over the US election
The presidential campaign shows that America has not yet left the Bush era behind
From
OPINION
Oct 17, 2012
Presidential wow factor may be just enough
Obama’s second debate performance could restore evenness of the race
Oct 14, 2012
Mexico is forgotten story of US election
Americans only think of their neighbour as a law and order problem
Oct 7, 2012
The ghoul of half truths is not America’s real problem
Now is one of those times when moral sensibility misses the wood for the trees
From
WORLD
Oct 4, 2012
Time for an Obama game change
Debate in Denver could be a turning point for Romney campaign
Sep 30, 2012
Obama will need more than luck
If he returns to the White House, the president will face a daunting second term
Sep 23, 2012
The US economy is still in a sorry state
It requires optimism at this stage to believe the patient is about to arise and go for a jog
Sep 16, 2012
The GOP shows no sign of braking before the cliff
Never before has politics been as consciously likely to wreck the economy
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