Driving between small towns in South Carolina earlier this month, with no mobile phone coverage, I enjoyed a brief respite from never-ending national media and the ongoing evolution of campaign...

As a referendum on Scottish independence before the end of 2014 looks increasingly likely, it could be crunch time for the Union. Yet there is a noticeable lack of nationalistic noise in the Scottish...

Confusion over Ed Miliband's new fiscal position was exploited by David Cameron at prime minister's questions today. The Labour leader last week relaunched his leadership with a shift on the...

The battle for Scotland began in earnest this week with David Cameron’s offer to give Alex Salmond the power to hold a decisive referendum on independence—but only if that referendum is held...

It's easy to forget that the 20 televised debates that have aired since May last year—with more on the way—have been anything more than a bad reality TV show. This weekend’s debates in Concord...

The attention devoted to the Iowa caucus has been inversely proportional to its importance in the presidential nominating process. This is partly a function of the media's obsession with the...

The world’s most frightening reality show is about to get a new star. On January 3, the 2012 Republican race for the presidential nomination will enter new phase as the voters of Iowa choose their...

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...

This time three years ago, two months after the 2008 election and a month before his inauguration, so many of us had high hopes for Barack Obama. Pundits proclaimed him a transformational president,...

Prospect asked its Twitter followers to suggest books that James Macintyre should take to the camp’s library, “Starbooks”: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith @V__Vendetta V In Defence...