Andrew Stephen
Andrew Stephen was appointed US Editor of the New Statesman in 2001, having been its Washington correspondent and weekly columnist since 1998. He is a regular contributor to BBC news programs and to The Sunday Times Magazine. He has also written for a variety of US newspapers including The New York Times Op-Ed pages. He came to the US in 1989 to be Washington Bureau Chief of The Observer and in 1992 was made Foreign Correspondent of the Year by the American Overseas Press Club for his coverage.
Articles by Andrew Stephen
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Politics
A war president stands at the ready
- 13 December 2004
In his end-of-year diary, our US editor Andrew Stephen notes a growing Bush personality cult, the plight of art lovers and a campaign against Kofi Annan
North America
America - Andrew Stephen finds US networks in decline
- 06 December 2004
A decade ago, a national news anchorman was a demigod. Today, Americans get their news from more diffuse sources, and even Dan Rather's retirement fails to move them
North America
America - Andrew Stephen on a quadriplegic's death sentence
- 29 November 2004
For those of you who cannot conceive of the US as a cruel country, read the tale of the young quadriplegic condemned to death for possessing marijuana
North America
America - Andrew Stephen warns that "Condi" is bad news
- 22 November 2004
The appointments of a woman who failed to heed intelligence warnings about 9/11 and of a man who took money from Enron reveal that Bush values loyalty, not competence
Politics
The boy genius behind Bush
- 15 November 2004
Don't attribute the Republican triumph to the voters' moral values. Credit instead Karl Rove, an expert at electoral dirty tricks. From Andrew Stephen in Washington
World Affairs
Bleak morning in America
- 08 November 2004
Bush's handlers are likely to move him further to the right. Do not expect compromise or magnanimity from the White House. Andrew Stephen reports from Washington
World Affairs
On the brink of another crisis
- 01 November 2004
There is a more than even chance that this US election will be as close as the last. If it is, 30,000 lawyers will be ready to dispute the result. Andrew Stephen reports from Washington
North America
America - Through an electoral fog
- 25 October 2004
The next four years - Bush campaigns on his fitness to command the war on terror, not on policies. But through Supreme Court appointments, he could shape the US for decades
North America
America - Andrew Stephen examines the box on Bush
- 18 October 2004
George W Bush might not have been wired to a box in his back during the first televised debate, but he does have a few dirty tricks up his sleeve with which to smear John Kerry
North America
America - Andrew Stephen sees Boy George acting spoiled
- 11 October 2004
The television debate was live, and for the first time Bush faced criticism in a forum that he could not control. He revealed the spoilt, petulant side of his personality
