Jan 31, 2013

Credit due on key strokes of genius

Cosmo’s darling of 1982 shows he’s a man of the now with a 21st century fat thumb

Jan 24, 2013

A bit of beef goes a long way

Imagine the goodwill if all banks gave away food and drink to apologise for poor service

Jan 17, 2013

Bricks, mortar, Stones and Ramones

Online stores cannot replace the visceral experience of buying live

Jan 10, 2013

Frog Jumpers take on a superstorm

Opposition to aid for Sandy victims highlights an underrated division in the US

Jan 3, 2013

A serious Congress needs serious cash

Jacking up salaries could attract a better calibre of politician

Dec 20, 2012

At least 20 reasons for a new gun tax

There would be no shortage of good uses for the revenue raised

Dec 13, 2012

Respect for those who finish the job

The current crop of conservative US leaders is proving to be surprisingly flighty

Dec 6, 2012

Cornered by a blushing LaMotta

The little 101er with the inquiring mind presents a test for modern China

Nov 22, 2012

Give thanks for our developing tastes

Both eaters and voters are seeking greater variety

Nov 15, 2012

The distractions just waiting to happen

I wonder whether the turmoil in the US national security elite reflects some sort of aimlessness

Nov 1, 2012

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to

My last two birthdays have been housebound because of bizarre storms

Oct 25, 2012

Debates – unchecked and unbalanced

More people should have been asking questions during the presidential debates

Oct 18, 2012

No holds barred in White House bout

Contenders get to grips in the great presidential grapplefest

Oct 9, 2012

In search of the real Barack Obama

The president needs to stand his ground and emerge with heavyweight credentials

Oct 4, 2012

A numerical habit that’s hard to kick

I’ve a monkey on my back and I’m coming clean – I’m addicted to political polls

Sep 27, 2012

Ditch the ads: press some greasy flesh

Maybe Mitt Romney should take a page out of the old political playbook and hold a beefsteak

Sep 20, 2012

The easy smile that hides a dark soul

Romney makes me wonder how he’d run a country where he finds so many people objectionable

Sep 13, 2012

Silence on numbers game doesn’t figure

It is a puzzle why the Democrats have not been crowing about the market’s rise under Obama

Sep 4, 2012

Will Landon break his losing streak?

Obama has yet to lay responsibility on the Republicans for the downturn

Aug 30, 2012

A Bronx tale taken straight to Tampa

The Republican convention has left me thinking about one of my favourite New York gangster films

ABOUT GARY

Gary Silverman Gary Silverman has been US deputy managing editor since September 2012, and was previously US news editor from 2006. He is responsible for US news coverage and also writes a weekly “Notebook” column in the FT on US politics, business and current events. Previously, Silverman served as a London-based marketing correspondent for the FT, as well as US banking editor. Prior to joining the FT in 1999, he was the money and banking editor of BusinessWeek, a business writer for Newsday, Hong Kong correspondent with the Far Eastern Economic Review and a Malaysia correspondent for Bloomberg Business News. He began his career in journalism with United Press International. A graduate of Princeton University, Silverman is married with two children. He is based in New York.

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