World Affairs: North America

The real reason Salinger sought escape

The seclusion of J D Salinger and Glenn Gould was a result of psychological damage.

The land that wouldn't lie

The Haitian people overthrew slavery, uprooted dictators and foreign military rule, and elected a liberation theologian as president. The west has made them pay for their audacity.

Start the world, we want to get on

The Copenhagen debacle gave little grounds for hope of concerted action against climate change, but Anthony Giddens sees a chance for a new beginning

Obama stops thinking positive

A year on from his inauguration, the president stands accused of reneging on inspiring campaign promises about HIV/Aids

Scott Brown's election gives Obama the jitters

The dramatic revolution promised by Obama is now very unlikely to materialise

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The kidnapping of Haiti

With US troops in control of their country, the outlook for the people of Haiti is bleak

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To Haiti with hate, from the US right

The attacks on Haiti by the religious far right can be traced back to the US occupation of the country

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The danger of Sarah Palin

With unemployment at 10 per cent and rising, the ultra-conservative “Tea Party” movement is galvanising Republicans and hurting Obama. And Sarah Palin is its lodestar

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Patriot missile

Sarah Palin’s memoir is a disturbing mix of fantasy and propaganda – the creation myth of a demagogue

Haiti: some context

Slavoj Žižek on people power.

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