politics

QUICK STUDY: THE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:47:14 +0000

Andrew Feinstein answers questions about the international market in weapons and gives some tips for further reading ... read more »

SPEECH! SPEECH!

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:18:12 +0000

Sam Leith considers the divisions between British and American rhetoric ... read more »

THE REAL MEANING OF WEINERGATE

Lee Siegel — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:50:20 +0000

Nothing quite like a good scandal to make American politics feel a little less paralysed and remote, argues Lee Siegel ... read more »

DUCKING AND WEAVING

Simon Carr — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:33:29 +0000

Something is happening to David Cameron’s hairline. Simon Carr has kept an eye on it, and on what voters expect from politicians’ hair. Lastly, a few policy options ... read more »

MCCAIN AND PALIN ON THE ROAD

Economist.com — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:03:35 +0000

DEEP IN THE CHEESE | September 15th 2008
"Sarah Palin is in town. Oh, and John McCain too", writes an American politics correspondent for The Economist. He follows the unlikely pair around Wisconsin ...

From ECONOMIST.COM

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A BEIRUT DIARY

Economist.com — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:29:24 +0000

LONG DIVISION | September 11th 2008

A journalist for The Economist travels the scarred streets of Beirut and talks politics with rattled locals. "My father passed me one of the guns he's used in the civil war and we
defended ourselves. I shot. I do not know if I killed. I just fired ..."

From ECONOMIST.COM

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BARACK OBAMA, JAMES BALDWIN AND THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

Daniel Arizona — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:01:18 +0000

DANIEL ARIZONA | CANON FODDER | September 10th 2008

English students sweating over Shakespeare or festering over Faulkner often complain: "how is this relevant to our lives at all?" Daniel Arizona has come to the rescue with "Canon Fodder", a new column that uses the classics to help us to understand these post-modern times
...

Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE

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THE BRITISH COUNCIL FILM FESTIVAL IN ISRAEL

Adam LeBor — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:21:20 +0000

PINING FOR THE MANDATE | February 2nd 2008

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Adam LeBor travels to Israel for a festival of films from the Mandate era. After witnessing grainy footage of barking British officers and squabbling Palestinians and Jews, he is surprised to learn of nostalgia for the days of empire ...

Special to MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE

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