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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. - -
Doubt in the Age of Obama
Democrats must wrap themselves in the mantle of Obama’s programme. But what is that, asks Christopher Caldwell
The return of rulings on faith
The French case against the Church of Scientology indicates that western authorities are less content to leave actions done under colour of religion undisturbed, writes Christopher Caldwell
The state and journalism
The authors of a recent report call upon the government to support journalism, but in that case the taxpayer ought to have a say in what he pays for, writes Christopher Caldwell
The travesty of the commons
The winner of this year’s Nobel economics prize may have succeeded in countering the influence of one of the most bizarre – and influential – social science papers of our time, writes Christopher Caldwell
Girls (and mice) on film
Just as pornography used to pass itself off as medical advice, animal violence will pass itself off as art, writes Christopher Caldwell
Polanski and the maiden
It has grown harder to feel sympathy for Polanski since the intervention of his Hollywood friends – imagine other industries trying such special pleading, writes Christopher Caldwell
Obama’s age of atonement
The president’s UN speech distanced him from Bush but more global co-operation will not sit well with the American people, writes Christopher Caldwell
French suicides complicate corporate life
Blaming company culture for workers’ deaths is simplistic but entirely natural – and hard to combat, writes Christopher Caldwell
Google writes its own rules
If $125m is all it costs to facilitate a hugely beneficial cyber-library, then who needs Google? writes Christopher Caldwell
The west plays Gaddafi’s game
Politicians and businessmen are not being outsmarted by the Libyan leader, they are caving in, says Christopher Caldwell
