The people call for Brown

Brian Lilley | 19 January 2010

Shock and upset. The people have reclaimed the seat that once belonged to Ted Kennedy and they've given it to an unlikely victor.

Buying time

George Friedman | 04 November 2009 | comment 3

Unearthing Obama's strategy at the present moment is difficult, but this does not mean it is not there, as strategy is less a matter of choice than of geopolitical reality.

Whole Foods, whole health and a whole big mess

Brian Lilley | 22 August 2009 | comment 4

Does everything, including food, where we shop and how we live have to be divided along partisan lines?

Is Obama running out of time?

Godfrey Hodgson | 12 August 2009 | comment 16

Barack Obama's stalled healthcare-reform plan reveals how crucial features of the American political system operate.

Abortion unbound

Sheila Liaugminas | 26 July 2009 | comment 5

If passed as written, health care ‘reform’ in America would expand abortion more radically than anything since Roe.

Barack Obama: a six-month assessment

Godfrey Hodgson | 13 July 2009 | comment 17

The potential of the United States president to make the change he promised in the domestic arena is becoming clearer.

After Palin

Sheila Liaugminas | 09 July 2009 | comment 6

Sarah, we hardly knew ya’.

Speaking the truth, and seeking it

Carolyn Moynihan | 06 June 2009 | comment 34

President Obama has spoken with respect and candour to the world’s Muslims. On other issues we await consistency.

Saruman at Notre Dame

Thaddeus J. Kozinski | 22 May 2009 | comment 64

President Obama's masterful speech was widely applauded -- but what did he actually say?

Will Obama stake all on Afghanistan?

George Friedman | 13 May 2009 | comment 2

What's behind the sudden decision to replace the US commander in Afghanistan?

The lady is not for decoration

Sheila Liaugminas | 05 May 2009 | comment 14

America's leading Catholic woman declines to 'balance' Notre Dame's decision to honour a pro-abortion president.

100 Days: Human dignity still above his pay grade

Carolyn Moynihan | 02 May 2009 | comment 19

Abortion, conscientious objection, stem cell research and torture were tests of the the new president’s commitment to human dignity. He failed in three.

100 Days: Battling the forces of inertia

Godfrey Hodgson | 30 April 2009

The United States president reaches a landmark in office with the achievements of his first term already in the balance.

100 Days: The foreign policy groove

George Friedman | 29 April 2009

The new president's foreign policy is one of continuity rather than change.

Turkey the key to Obama’s Europe policy

George Friedman | 07 April 2009

It was all smiles and hugs in Europe, but the President did his heavy lifting in Ankara. 

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