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Christopher Caldwell writes a weekly column on politics, culture and international affairs for the Financial Times.
Mr Caldwell is a senior editor at the Weekly Standard and a contributing writer for the New York Times magazine. He is at work on a book on immigration, Islam and Europe.
He is a graduate of Harvard College, where he studied English literature. - -
Disasters and dictatorships
Burma has been pledged tens of millions of dollars and expertise, yet the generals act as if they would be doing the world a favour by accepting them, writes Christopher Caldwell
Austria, incest: real news at last
The Fritzl incest saga is not just for tabloids. It has cracked the ‘A’ sections of quality dailies in every city on the planet, writes Christopher Caldwell
More mortal than some
Lifespan inequality is a matter for the political system, not the medical profession, writes Christopher Caldwell
Humility and Harry Potter
Rowling has a Hollywood star’s relationship to her public, but none of the star’s practice in dissembling contempt for it, writes Christopher Caldwell
The lazy, crazy middle class
Average Americans feel as though they are barely clinging to their position on the social ladder, writes Christopher Caldwell
The perils of shaping choice
People misjudge their best interest even in simple decisions where all the information is available but the proposals in a brilliant new book should be treated with care, writes Christopher Caldwell
China will not be cowed
A boycott of the Olympic opening ceremonies would not change the objective realities one whit, writes Christopher Caldwell
Obama breaks the secret code
Bringing subterranean racial narratives into the light of day, where they can be debated openly, is a risk, writes Christopher Caldwell
Birth of a ‘creedal’ nation
When beliefs, rather than history, are the basis of community, beliefs thought to be wrong are a threat to the state, writes Christopher Caldwell
Tall tales of the would-be victim
Scandals over fictional memoirs are epidemic. But how does one gain moral authority in a system that confers it based on race or birth, asks Christopher Caldwell
