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 feels sorry for Rush Limbaugh
- 05 January 2004
Only a very cruel country would make a drug addict the target of derision, even when the addict happens to be king of the right-wing talk show hosts
World Affairs
God and Mammon mingle in the mall
- 15 December 2003
The beginning of the religious festival of Advent in America coincides with the biggest and most frenzied spending day of the year
North America
America - Andrew Stephen checks out the Democrat hopefuls
- 08 December 2003
To the alarm of Clintonistas, Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt are fighting an old-style battle for the Democrat left. No Third Way for them. Both court the trade union vote
North America
America - Andrew Stephen finds little news on US television
- 01 December 2003
It all started with O J Simpson. Now, the 24-hour news channels find that accusations of celebrity crime boost the ratings like nothing else, even war
North America
America - Andrew Stephen tries to make sense of Rumsfeld
- 24 November 2003
Paul Bremer - currently trying to take charge in Baghdad - has a new mission: to hold the lid down on the boiling saucepan of Iraq long enough for Bush to be re-elected
World Affairs
Still haunted by guns and slavery
- 17 November 2003
The outsider 1 - America idolises itself above all. That is why a country that has so many strengths often remains blind to its own weaknesses. By Andrew Stephen
North America
America - Andrew Stephen disconnects the White House
- 10 November 2003
Continuing US losses in Iraq are tragic but necessary, insists the Bush administration. But behind the determined facade there is denial, manoeuvring and electoral calculation
North America
America - Andrew Stephen juggles a political hot potato
- 03 November 2003
Now that one state has legalised gay civil unions, gay marriage has become a political hot potato. Republicans think they could make it an even bigger issue than abortion
North America
America - Andrew Stephen sees Wal-Mart get bigger and bigger
- 27 October 2003
At Wal-Mart, "a cult masquerading as a company", you can buy everything from apples to car parts and save money. But only at the expense of others, both at home and abroad
North America
America - Andrew Stephen sees warfare in the White House
- 20 October 2003
Bush was elected at least partly on the premise that he could assemble a strong team to compensate for his inadequacies. Now these heavyweights are at each other's throats
