Florida won’t go quietly
The Sunshine State wasn't the clincher this time, but voting was still a messy business
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Too little, too late
Obama delivered a stronger performance in the second debate, but he has missed the chance to fight a war of ideas -
Wishful thinking
The President needs to energise his liberal base. But picking a fight with the Supreme Court is not the way to do it -
Letters: May
Readers have their say -
Model Britain
One man's quest to deconstruct the catwalk during London Fashion Week -
Iran can be stopped
Sanctions and the threat of military action may dissuade Iran from building a bomb -
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The centre is holding
Outspending his main rival 5 to 1, Mitt Romney won a significant plurality in Tuesday’s Florida Primary and so regained momentum in the race for the Republican nomination. We are entering a lull in the campaign, with only a few states voting in February. The next big test is Super... -
Obama’s Bush-era bargain
Earlier this month, Obama refused to veto the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA), which the House of Representatives later passed by a 283-136 majority. The act—which effectively allows the indefinite detention of terror suspects before trial, eases the process of rendering American citizens to foreign regimes, and makes the closure... -
Don’t write off 2012
The prospect of recession has done wonders for black humour. In our collection of visions of 2012, Paul Mason says we’ll be hunkering down, eating baked beans, our only luxury an iPhone. If we haven’t taken refuge in the cold comfort of an actual Welsh farm, we’ll be in a...
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