Goodbye 2016 – you will be remembered but not missed In international affairs it was a strange and alarming year. For me, as the picture shows, I traveled, I...
The Economist reflects on the Obama presidency Barack Obama’s presidency lurched between idealism and acrimony but some of his accomplishments will endure, writes The Economist in...
Farewell John Glenn – you truly were the right stuff. John Glenn died on 8 December. He was 95. Glenn was a folk hero to anyone who grew up...
Obama’s farewell and American values Late on Tuesday afternoon, President Obama flew down to Tampa Bay, Florida, to speak at MacDill Air Force Base...
The fall of the American empire Empires have risen and fallen throughout history. The Greeks, Romans, British, Spanish, Portugese, Japanese, Russians (Soviet Union) – have...
Bye bye Fidel Havana in about 1993 Fidel Castro has died. A man who took the word to the very brink of...
Macy’s thanksgiving parade – once is enough So there we were – gathered in New York. Tai, Alex and I. It is Thanksgiving Day and there...
How it happened – from The Economist The Economist on How it happened Donald Trump won fewer votes than Mitt Romney in 2012. But Hillary Clinton...
American history – the biggest day since 9/11 America is waking this morning to the news that Donald Trump is President-Elect after defeating Hillary Clinton in yesterday’s...
America’s future on trial The US presidential candidates go head to head in their first of three debates tonight. The US audience will...