http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/edluce Edward Luce on US politics and economics en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2013. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Sun, 12 May 2013 17:57:10 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 18:16:18 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/edward-luce http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/edluce http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e43830b0-b8d8-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Away from the impasse brought about by the politics of attrition are stirrings that could nurture growth, writes Edward Luce Sun, 12 May 2013 17:57:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e43830b0-b8d8-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e43830b0-b8d8-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c9c2d7a-b317-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The question is, can the party recapture a purpose in governing or will it retreat and become a regional party of the south, says Edward Luce Sun, 05 May 2013 19:54:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c9c2d7a-b317-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6c9c2d7a-b317-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6455c480-ae5f-11e2-bdfd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Not even 100 days into his second term and the president’s achievable goals remain a matter of conjecture, writes Edward Luce Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:03:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6455c480-ae5f-11e2-bdfd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6455c480-ae5f-11e2-bdfd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e70915fe-aea9-11e2-bdfd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The White House Correspondents’ dinner has lost its way turning into a night to schmooze with celebrities instead of sources Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:01:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e70915fe-aea9-11e2-bdfd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e70915fe-aea9-11e2-bdfd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bd65c40-a77b-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The president faces two challenges: prevent immigration reform being tarnished and ensuring an appropriate security response, writes Edward Luce Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:03:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bd65c40-a77b-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2bd65c40-a77b-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52ad8b04-a2c6-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct When it comes to America’s labour-market problems, the country is suffering from a rising case of ‘German envy’, writes Edward Luce Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:59:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52ad8b04-a2c6-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 52ad8b04-a2c6-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b398ee8e-9d4b-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The H1B visa manages to annoy everyone except the employers who get the lion’s share of the quota, writes Edward Luce Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:15:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b398ee8e-9d4b-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b398ee8e-9d4b-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2fb17b9e-9554-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Since the onset of the financial crisis, each year has brought slightly lower middle-class incomes than the previous one, writes Edward Luce Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:42:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2fb17b9e-9554-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2fb17b9e-9554-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d3394c90-955b-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The jury is still out on Barack Obama’s foreign policy and presidency. Edward Luce reviews ‘The Dispensable Nation’; ‘The Obamians’; ‘The Secretary’ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:31:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d3394c90-955b-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d3394c90-955b-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d1e8452-92e3-11e2-b3be-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Voter interest in the 2016 contest and Hillary Clinton is intensifying in large part part because people are frustrated with Congress, writes Edward Luce Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:52:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d1e8452-92e3-11e2-b3be-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3d1e8452-92e3-11e2-b3be-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4df13fa8-8a3d-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Obama’s handling of immigration reform will set the tone for what is possible, writes Edward Luce Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:24:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4df13fa8-8a3d-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4df13fa8-8a3d-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f69c985c-8d65-11e2-a0fd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The cost of OFA will be lasting damage to the president’s credibility. The journey from idealist to insider is now complete, writes Edward Luce Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:44:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f69c985c-8d65-11e2-a0fd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f69c985c-8d65-11e2-a0fd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b586044e-874c-11e2-bde6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct For the past five years, the Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke has been the only serious economic actor in Washington, says Edward Luce Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:27:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b586044e-874c-11e2-bde6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b586044e-874c-11e2-bde6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07184d86-81cf-11e2-b050-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The $85bn sequestration looks likely only to entrench the American political partisanship it was supposed to circumvent, writes Edward Luce Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:27:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07184d86-81cf-11e2-b050-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 07184d86-81cf-11e2-b050-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98e2a5fc-7c54-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Comcast’s meteoric rise during the past decade has coincided with a drastic decline in service, writes Edward Luce Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:11:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98e2a5fc-7c54-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 98e2a5fc-7c54-11e2-99f0-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84dd38f4-7765-11e2-9ebc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Realism is not supposed to be passive. The president’s lack of diplomatic creativity, rather than his sense of caution, is his real Achilles heel, writes Edward Luce Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:06:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84dd38f4-7765-11e2-9ebc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 84dd38f4-7765-11e2-9ebc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/039f2936-759f-11e2-9891-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct US president rejected the largely Republican narrative of fiscal crisis, making the fiscal divide between the parties look even sharper than ever Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:57:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/039f2936-759f-11e2-9891-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 039f2936-759f-11e2-9891-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8337c11c-713a-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Edward Luce imagines what President Barack Obama might really want to say in his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:18:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8337c11c-713a-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8337c11c-713a-11e2-9d5c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6f19228-6bbc-11e2-a17d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The spread of technology will leave a large and growing chunk of the US labour force in the lurch, writes Edward Luce Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:06:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6f19228-6bbc-11e2-a17d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f6f19228-6bbc-11e2-a17d-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0437122c-6650-11e2-b967-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Whatever happens at the next fiscal cliff on March 1 will subtract further from the country’s 2013 economic growth prospects Edward Luce Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:21:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0437122c-6650-11e2-b967-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_edward-luce%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0437122c-6650-11e2-b967-00144feab49a