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American elegy

A campaign poster of Barack Obama in Ohio ©Alex Webb/Magnum Photos

Portraits of the famous and the obscure reveal a dream in decline. A review of ‘The Unwinding’, by George Packer

Man diving into Middle East ©Matt Kenyon May 19, 2013

Kerry displays his vaulting ambitions

The secretary of state is tackling a vast range of foreign issues

©Matt Kenyon May 12, 2013

Beyond America’s fiscal trench lines

Away from the political impasse are stirrings that could nurture growth

Matt Kenyon illustration May 5, 2013

Arsonists v architects: Republican civil war

Can the party recapture a purpose in governing or will it become a party of the south?

©Matt Kenyon Apr 28, 2013

Obama’s manoeuvres lead to an impasse

The president’s achievable goals remain a matter of conjecture

Apr 26, 2013

Three cheers for Tom Brokaw

The annual White House Correspondents’ dinner has lost its way

Boston-aftermath ©Matt Kenyon Apr 21, 2013

Obama must tread warily after Boston

Tragedies often crystallise a country’s political mood

Matt Kenyon illustration ©Matt Kenyon Apr 14, 2013

Why the US is looking to Germany

In terms of the labour market, America is suffering from a rising case of ‘German envy’

Matt Kenyon illustration ©Matt Kenyon Apr 7, 2013

Timid US visa reform will deter workers

The H1B visa manages to annoy everyone

Comment Page ©Matt Kenyon Mar 31, 2013

US inequality will define the Obama era

Since the financial crisis, each year has brought lower median incomes than the last

From LIFE & ARTS Mar 29, 2013

States of indifference

Some commentators claim Barack Obama prefers drones to diplomacy – but the jury is still out on both his foreign policy and presidency. A review of ‘The Dispensable Nation’, ‘The Obamians’ and ‘The Secretary’

Mar 24, 2013

As Congress sleeps the 2016 race begins

Voter interest in the next election – not least in Hillary Clinton – is intensifying

From SPECIAL REPORTS Mar 20, 2013

View from Washington: Chance to upgrade relationship stymied by events on the border

Obama’s handling of immigration reform will set the tone for what is possible, writes Edward Luce

Mar 17, 2013

Dangers lurk in US permanent campaign

The journey from idealist to insider is now complete

Mar 10, 2013

A good engineer who knows his own limits

The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke has been the only serious economic actor in Washington

Mar 3, 2013

A taste for mutually assured destruction

US sequestration looks likely only to entrench the partisanship it was supposed to circumvent

Feb 24, 2013

Corporate tie binds US to a slow internet

Comcast’s meteoric rise has coincided with a drastic decline in service

Feb 17, 2013

Obama is right to resist the Syria hawks

The president’s lack of diplomatic creativity, rather than his sense of caution, is his real Achilles heel

From WORLD Feb 13, 2013

Obama strikes unapologetically partisan tone

President finally calls off fruitless quest for bipartisan Washington

Feb 10, 2013

Fellow Americans, let’s govern seriously

What Obama might want to say in his State of the Union address

ABOUT EDWARD

Edward Luce Edward Luce is the Washington columnist and commentator for the Financial Times. He writes a weekly column, FT's leaders/editorials on American politics and the economy and other articles.

Ed has worked for the FT since 1995 as Philippines correspondent, capital markets editor, South Asia bureau chief in New Delhi and Washington bureau chief between 2006 and 2011. In 2000 Ed was the chief speechwriter for Lawrence H. Summers, the US Treasury secretary. His first book, In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India remains a high seller.

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