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Category Archives: US politics
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Advice from Niall Ferguson in a Q&A with the New York Times: If you could require the American president to read one book, what would it be? And the prime minister? I agree with you that it would be wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, UK politics, US politics
Tagged Donald Trump, New York Times, Niall Ferguson, Theresa May
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Master of the universe
Quote of the day comes from Jared Kushner in this chastening Politico piece on Donald Trump’s first year in office: ‘I’m a businessman, and I don’t care about the past.” So says the man whose many jobs include bringing peace to the … Continue reading
The new Trump is the old Trump
“This speech contained whoppers.” A lot of the pundits may be raving about that State of the Union speech, but James Fallows is unimpressed.
Notebook
We don’t know yet what the televising of the conventions will do to American politics, to elections, to the convention system itself. Some of us fear what one good demagogue with a fine voice and a rousing profile might do … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Politics, Technology, TV, US politics
Tagged Alistair Cooke, Cinerama, demagogues, Edmund Burke, Hitler, political conventions
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The voice
Careers advice from on high in the FT’s interview with the queen of the Zeitgeist, Arianna Huffington:
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Something in the intensity with which Windrip looked at his audience, looked at all of them, his glance slowly taking them in from the highest-perched seat to the nearest, convinced them that he was talking to each individual, directly and … Continue reading
The candidate
Posted in UK politics, US politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Presidential election, Vladimir Putin
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A war zone called Chicago
When was the last time British news programmes ran anything substantial about the epidemic of violence in the Windy City? The stats are abysmal: In the first five months of 2016, someone was shot every two and a half hours … Continue reading
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Fifteen year-old Daniel Johnson had been in the backseat of that car. He had been riding with two other youths about his age and a mother and her two small children. A bullet had smacked into the car. Daniel had … Continue reading
Posted in Race, US politics
Tagged gangs, Ghettoside, gun crime, Jill Leovy, Los Angeles
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Comedy masterclass
Quite an evening. My review of Bill Burr’s show in Bristol: Sometimes there is a fine line between being a world-class stand-up and one of those taxi drivers who won’t stop ranting into the rear-view mirror. Part of the joy … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Reviews, US politics
Tagged Bill Burr, Bristol, Colston Hall, Comedy, review, stand-up, The Times
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