Twenty years of Fox News — and ‘post-truth politics’
How the network upended American politics and news
Donald Trump is a part-timer in America’s culture wars
From abortion to gay rights, he is unorthodox on Republican ‘values’, writes Christopher Caldwell
The billionaires bending American politics to their will
A new book reveals how the very wealthy are shaping US society more than is commonly realised
In the face of Ebola a little panic is a healthy thing
The conditions of managing this crisis are coming to resemble those at Chernobyl
Rick Perry’s indictment reveals the fallibility of US justice
It would be wrong for charges against the Texas governor to be allowed through the courts
Plouffe must retell Uber’s tangled tale of red tape
Former Obama adviser is just the person to explain the taxi-calling app’s ‘free-market’ approach
The trouble with online trolls is that they may be right
Uncivil rantings are not always as uninformed as one might assume
A tawdry trade that tarnishes German justice
The Ecclestone case illustrates that power is migrating away from votes and towards money
OkCupid’s venal experiment was a poisoned arrow
A website’s imperfections do not absolve it from dealing fairly with users
Why some prefer summer with their heads in the clouds
The dividing line between beach and mountain people seems to involve their need for company
Trouble at the borders adds to Obama’s woes
People do not want sweeping immigration reform. They want less immigration
Democracy is not a synonym for good government
Elected rulers use heavy-handed authority to prevent being toppled by swings in opinion
Obama shows his weakness through executive powers
The president will be blamed for any problem arising from leniency at the border
Delusions and dangers in demands for the right to die
Assertions the patient ‘wouldn’t have wanted to suffer’ offer doctors too much leeway
Amazon’s phone is about credit, not conversation
People seem to resign themselves to innovations they considered dubious at the outset
Brat reconnects Republicans with an angry electorate
The defenestration of Cantor sends a message to the cosy world of party bigwigs and donors
What is French for writing yourself out of the script?
All the world’s languages are anglicising and pidginising, but in French it is particularly strong
Fighting talk amid the shrinking of American might
Obama is somehow seeking to scale back US global responsibilities without signalling a retreat
Money alone will not swing it for the Republicans
The taming of the Tea Party leaves the GOP short on the ideological message the voters like
Google has to be censored – free speech can scar
Search engines do not just modify, they eliminate a certain kind of privacy
No one trusts Washington on climate change
In the age of the Iraq war and Obamacare, the government is hardly a trustworthy body
The NBA’s racism drama is more about money than morals
It will be hard to discipline Sterling without ramifications for other personalities in the basketball league
The Supreme Court and the cons of affirmative action
The instrument of social change is doomed if referendums on racial preferences stand
Business and state are kept apart for good reason
Adventurism can be excellent in a start-up but is a menace in a democratic republic
A push for Bush in 2016 is dangerous for Republicans
Donors who believe that nostalgia for the Bush era is widespread are nuts
