http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/jurek-martin Jurek Martin on US eceonomy, politics and society 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 2012. "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. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:21:28 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:01:51 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/jurek-martin http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/jurek-martin http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b9e8bcd2-45e6-11e1-9592-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product As the Democrats quietly cheer Mr Gingrich on from the sidelines, Republicans wallow in the winter of their discontent, writes Jurek Martin Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:21:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b9e8bcd2-45e6-11e1-9592-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product b9e8bcd2-45e6-11e1-9592-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7545392-3c73-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Media coverage of US elections is now only about the horse race and the jockeys. Rarely do we hear about the issues, laments Jurek Martin Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:14:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7545392-3c73-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product e7545392-3c73-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/984b0406-2b18-11e1-8a38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product There can be no moment of any day, or in any activity, including sex, when connectivity is denied us, writes Jurek Martin Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:33:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/984b0406-2b18-11e1-8a38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 984b0406-2b18-11e1-8a38-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1247cbe-1d2a-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product The televised Republican debates have disproved the conventional wisdom that money is everything in politics, writes Jurek Martin Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:14:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1247cbe-1d2a-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product c1247cbe-1d2a-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0ee1c738-14ff-11e1-a2a6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Never in the 390 year history of Thanksgiving in America have so many turkeys been roaming the land. Unfortunately, most of them are political, writes Jurek Martin Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:50:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0ee1c738-14ff-11e1-a2a6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 0ee1c738-14ff-11e1-a2a6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a43139da-0baf-11e1-9861-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product One of the US sporting icons and the president of one of its more reputable universities have been brought down in a tale of betrayal, writes Jurek Martin Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:45:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a43139da-0baf-11e1-9861-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product a43139da-0baf-11e1-9861-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc0ba8de-03e6-11e1-864e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Here is a dream team that would combine principle, experience and wisdom, not to mention both sexes, in one package, writes Jurek Martin Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:21:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc0ba8de-03e6-11e1-864e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product dc0ba8de-03e6-11e1-864e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f50ad1e-fac1-11e0-8fe7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product The Texas governor remains the leading alternative to Mitt Romney despite his lacklustre debate performances, writes Jurek Martin Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:04:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f50ad1e-fac1-11e0-8fe7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 9f50ad1e-fac1-11e0-8fe7-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea415a1a-f4ec-11e0-9023-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Tuesday’s contest between the Republican frontrunners strangely mirrored play on the baseball field, writes Jurek Martin Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:15:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea415a1a-f4ec-11e0-9023-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product ea415a1a-f4ec-11e0-9023-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4774e8c6-eec8-11e0-959a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product If the primaries do not identify a favoured candidate, the scenario of a deeply divided, even brokered, convention becomes plausible Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:41:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4774e8c6-eec8-11e0-959a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 4774e8c6-eec8-11e0-959a-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2711c4d8-dd33-11e0-b4f2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Texas governor is proof that Obama cannot rely on conventional wisdom, writes Jurek Martin Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:45:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2711c4d8-dd33-11e0-b4f2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 2711c4d8-dd33-11e0-b4f2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23167d10-c276-11e0-9ede-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product As their successors talk past each other, US politicians of the not-so-distant past serve as a source of inspiration, writes Jurek Martin Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:21:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23167d10-c276-11e0-9ede-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 23167d10-c276-11e0-9ede-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d8e5040-b9f4-11e0-8171-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Washington’s representatives came and went, but the chamber remained virtually empty and, aside from a few flickers, the flames of debate failed to take hold Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:18:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d8e5040-b9f4-11e0-8171-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 7d8e5040-b9f4-11e0-8171-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a29b394-b9d3-11e0-8171-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product The frequency and scale of the social interaction between Britain’s media and its political establishment is truly shocking, writes Jurek Martin Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:38:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a29b394-b9d3-11e0-8171-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 6a29b394-b9d3-11e0-8171-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff34fd54-ac95-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Numbers are being thrown around by both sides of the US political divide that have no relevance to the country at large, writes Jurek Martin Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:01:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff34fd54-ac95-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product ff34fd54-ac95-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba4cc586-982d-11e0-ae45-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product When “King James” is no longer biblical, Mama Grizzly almost rational and the Gay Girl in Damascus turns out to be an American man in Scotland, all is clearly not right in the world, writes Jurek Martin Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:23:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba4cc586-982d-11e0-ae45-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product ba4cc586-982d-11e0-ae45-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/056aae90-8c7e-11e0-883f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product John Graham, whose dispatches from Saigon and Belfast in 1972 earned him feature writer of the year honours in the inaugural British Press Awards, has died at the age of 71 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:34:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/056aae90-8c7e-11e0-883f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product 056aae90-8c7e-11e0-883f-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbf5d356-86e2-11e0-9d41-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product The issues cupboard is bare for conservative lobby groups who have had their cherished project of privatising Medicare rejected by voters in rural western New York, writes Jurek Martin Wed, 25 May 2011 18:19:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbf5d356-86e2-11e0-9d41-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product cbf5d356-86e2-11e0-9d41-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a5caca4e-8267-11e0-8c49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product Janny Scott’s well-researched and well-written biography of Stanley Ann Dunham sheds light on the woman who shaped America’s first black president, writes Jurek Martin Fri, 20 May 2011 16:08:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a5caca4e-8267-11e0-8c49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product a5caca4e-8267-11e0-8c49-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eec412b8-7fc5-11e0-b9b0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product The former Speaker’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is faux political theatre, writes Jurek Martin Thu, 19 May 2011 12:39:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eec412b8-7fc5-11e0-b9b0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_jurek-martin/feed//product eec412b8-7fc5-11e0-b9b0-00144feabdc0