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Reaganism Undone

It was as if the party had been thrown to mark the end of an era. It was last weekend, on Park Avenue, and the sort of bash middle aged adults like to throw to show they are still on top of their game, still capable of getting up on the dance floor and ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, The New York Sun,  23 Sep 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Ronald Reagan,  Henry Paulson,  Ben Bernanke,  John McCain

Lowlier Than Thou

What once promised to be the cleanest election in recent times is fast degenerating into spiteful class warfare. Both candidates are making out that the other is unsuited to be president because they are out of touch with ordinary voters. Both claim to ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, The New York Sun,  16 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin,  Margaret Thatcher,  UK Conservative Party

The student princes

Spare a thought for the students at Arizona State University who will this semester be obliged to shack up in the new $130m (Ł74.3m) Vista del Sol complex. Not for them a spartan, shared dorm with a communal bathroom down the hall. No, the poor little ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, New Statesman,  11 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Money Magazine,  Harvard University,  Barack Obama

Up Next: Clinton Vs. Palin

If you have a moment, take a look at the chart on the Real Clear Politics Web site showing the presidential race polling average. It will tell you at a glance that the last two weeks of hectic politicking have transformed the contest. Senator Obama's ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, The New York Sun,  10 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Sarah Palin,  U.S. Senate

The Bristol Factor

John McCain is a lucky guy. Divine intervention, in the shape of Hurricane Gustav, gave him the perfect excuse to cancel a valedictory by President Bush and a chiding address by Vice President Cheney due to be delivered yesterday. With Barack Obama out ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, The New York Sun,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Sarah Palin,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party

Monday to Thursday

Growing numbers of American cities, companies and schools are adopting four-day weeks in response to surging fuel costs For years, the rest of the world has complained about American energy consumption. Now, thanks to the surge in world oil prices, the ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, New Statesman,  28 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Edward Heath,  Brigham Young,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Steny H Hoyer

The Iron Lady at Twilight: On Thatcher's Legacy

At the weekend what a number of us have known for a long while became public: Margaret Thatcher is suffering from dementia. Since 2000, and aggravated since by a series of small strokes, the Iron Lady has found her extraordinary mind slipping away from ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, The New York Sun,  26 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Margaret Thatcher,  Carol Thatcher,  Ronald Reagan,  Nancy Reagan,  Tony Blair

Obama's Biden Factor

Vladimir Putin may not have set out to alter the course of the general election, but his decision to invade Georgia has made it far more likely that his nemesis, the battered bruiser John McCain, will square off against him in January. NO TIME FOR ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, The New York Sun,  20 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Vladimir Putin,  John McCain,  NATO,  George W. Bush

Bending the old rules

After a storm of protests from abortion rights groups, the American health secretary, Michael Leavitt, has for the time being backed down from issuing a legally binding regulation that would have made contraception more difficult to obtain by ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, New Statesman,  14 Aug 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  White House,  Planned Parenthood,  U.S. Congress

'Events, Dear Boy, Events'

When the artful prime minister of Britain, Harold Macmillan, was asked what he considered the greatest threat a statesman might face, he replied, "Events, dear boy, events." Those running to become president might respond with the same answer, for in ...

From NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT, The New York Sun,  13 Aug 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Barack Obama,  Vladimir Putin,  George W. Bush,  United Nations

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