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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America - Andrew Stephen weighs up America's fat
- 25 August 2003
More junk food, ever-larger portions and more hours spent in front of the television have made the United States the fattest nation in the world. Is it too late to reverse the trend?
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America - Andrew Stephen offers advice on hand luggage
- 18 August 2003
Since 11 September 2001, we've all got used to tight airport security, but now every single piece of luggage passing through America's 429 airports must be searched individually
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America - Andrew Stephen investigates a Mini miracle
- 11 August 2003
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After 35 years, the Mini has been reintroduced to the US and is suddenly the coolest car in Washington. Is this the post-Iraq, pro-British effect? Or is it just Hollywood?
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America - Andrew Stephen anticipates the undoing of Bush
- 04 August 2003
Bush insisted on taking the credit for his "axis of evil" soundbite. But he's less keen on taking responsibility for the Niger uranium claim in a later speech. It could be his undoing
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America - Andrew Stephen tots up Bush's campaign funds
- 28 July 2003
As the campaign for his re-election gets under way, Boy George is raising so much money that the Democrats could be certain losers before they even have a candidate
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America - Andrew Stephen explains Blair's popularity in the US
- 21 July 2003
Blair, like Margaret Thatcher before him, is popular in the US precisely because he is so often reviled in his own country. He has shown his commitment to the American Way
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America - Andrew Stephen explains why Bush fears Liberia
- 14 July 2003
A tale of nation-building - or how a tiny, impoverished West African state became such a threat that President Bush is now ready to send in troops
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America - Andrew Stephen raises America's sodomy issue
- 07 July 2003
The Supreme Court's decision that sodomy is legal may be a good one. But is it good law? It seems to say that any behaviour is now acceptable so long as it is performed in private
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America - Andrew Stephen fears America's plans for Iran
- 30 June 2003
As far as Iraq is concerned, a majority of Americans believe the US has been there, done that. They are now gung-ho for another glorious war, this time in Iran
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America - Andrew Stephen on how Americans don't need facts
- 23 June 2003
Although no weapons of mass destruction have been found, 41 per cent of Americans think they have. With a pliant media and a triumphalist administration, who needs facts?
