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LIFE & ARTS
May 13, 2012
©Matt Kenyon
May 6, 2012
There are few sparks in a sputtering US recovery
What many hoped was a return to growth is to looking like another summer of hibernation
Apr 29, 2012
The neocons are back vying for a seat in the White House
Most of Mitt Romney’s stances poll reasonably with the American public
Apr 22, 2012
Obama needs to find a theme soon
It should be little surprise that in recent polls, Romney is in a statistical tie with the president
Apr 15, 2012
Housing policy is holding back America’s recovery
The situation demands a bazooka. Obama is still offering only a rifle
Apr 8, 2012
America reassembles industrial policy
Nobody would confuse the US tax code with the design of rational mind
Apr 1, 2012
Obama’s very own Kennedy moment
Supreme Court health bill ruling will be an election bombshell
©Matthew Donaldson
From
LIFE & ARTS
Mar 30, 2012
America’s dream unravels
As other nations rise, the US is in relative economic decline – and the country’s political system is making things worse
Mar 27, 2012
Obama made the wrong World Bank call
The US should be conspicuously seen to support meritocracy where it matters
Mar 25, 2012
Obama is far from home and dry
There are more motivated Republican billionaires than Democratic ones
Mar 18, 2012
America’s three takes on the crisis
How the US is split over solutions to capitalism’s ills
Mar 11, 2012
Welcome to the new China-bashing
Usually the Democrat hits China on trade but this time the Republican has taken the lead
Mar 4, 2012
In a slippery spot over pump prices
Can President Obama resist the type of gimmick he disdained before the 2008 election?
From
WORLD
Feb 29, 2012
The cringeworthy Republican campaign
Both candidates are inept campaigners, but they are all the party has
Feb 26, 2012
Don’t rule out a third candidate bombshell in the 2012 presidential election
The do-gooding naifs who wander on to America’s political stage occasionally alter the script
Feb 19, 2012
Obama nears his nuclear moment
The Iran issue could derail the president’s re-election chances
Feb 12, 2012
Recovery, but a cold and grey one
A political void in the US is being filled by the wealthy
Feb 5, 2012
The reality of American decline
A new essay argues that the future of the US will hinge on taking a different path to the one that foreign policy is following
Jan 29, 2012
The mirage of Obama’s defence cuts
America in particular knows that national strength is built on economic foundations
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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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The moral majority is in headlong retreat
Overt racism, misogyny and, most recently, homophobia have ceased to be respectable in America