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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North America
America - Andrew Stephen experiences a cicada moment
- 07 June 2004
The Magicicada Brood X insect appears once every 17 years. When it next resurfaces, what kind of a world will it be, and how will history have judged Bush, Rumsfeld and Rice?
North America
America - Andrew Stephen on Michael Moore's low US profile
- 31 May 2004
Michael Moore's triumph at Cannes got only grudging mentions in the US press. He has only a cult following here, big on campuses but hardly on most people's radar screens
Politics
The pro-war camp is struck dumb
- 24 May 2004
Washington is at fever pitch over the torture revelations. Yet beyond the Beltway, many Americans may turn out to be more outraged by the outrage
North America
America - Andrew Stephen on why Bush can't let Rumsfeld go
- 17 May 2004
Donald Rumsfeld and Vice-President Cheney appear a sorry twosome, unable to grasp unpalatable realities that are staring them in the face
North America
America - Andrew Stephen fears it's too little, too late for Kerry
- 10 May 2004
Kerry has run a woeful campaign so far, failing to counter even when unfairly attacked. After the worst three months of his presidency, Bush is still level in the polls
North America
America - Andrew Stephen dissects Bush's U-turn on the UN
- 03 May 2004
George Bush now regards the UN's help in Iraq as vital. But this isn't a real conversion: he wants to bottle up the issue until November, and blame Kofi Annan if things go wrong
North America
America - Andrew Stephen on the mercenaries in Iraq
- 26 April 2004
The US military now puts machine-guns into the hands of mercenaries, who could hardly have a more "mission-critical" task than protecting Paul Bremer
North America
Andrew Stephen - Bush relaxes while soldiers die
- 19 April 2004
Iraq - George W Bush took five days' holiday at his Texas ranch while the rest of America was at work, and looked to be enjoying himself while US soldiers were dying
North America
America - Andrew Stephen finds liberal talk radio not very funny
- 12 April 2004
The trouble with the new liberal talk-radio station is that it's not very funny. It's easier for right-wing shock-jocks to jeer at those seeking compassion than vice versa
North America
America - Andrew Stephen sees ass-covering in Washington
- 05 April 2004
The new game in Washington is CYA - cover your ass. So far, the winner is Richard Clarke, whose explosive book shows how George Bush failed to protect Americans from terrorism
