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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World Affairs
Goodnight, Mr President
- 29 January 2008
- 17 comments
Bush's final State of the Union address was a sad affair starring the most disastrous US president in modern history, writes Andrew Stephen. Plus read a history of this American occasion
World Affairs
A country for old men
- 24 January 2008
- 11 comments
When George W Bush gives his last State of the Union address, a milestone will be passed. But don't think his unpopularity puts the Republicans out of the race
Politics
Obama unmasked
- 10 January 2008
- 87 comments
What's going wrong for the man who would be president? Our US editor Andrew Stephen reports from Washington. Plus Joe Treasure among California's Clinton lovers
North America
And the next US president is...
- 04 January 2008
- 24 comments
Our US editor's analysis of the Iowa Caucus - a vote that saw a win for presidential hopefuls Obama and Huckabee and Hillary Clinton pushed into third place by John Edwards
North America
The cycle of catastrophe
- 03 January 2008
- 9 comments
Condoleezza Rice in effect signed Bhutto's death warrant when she phoned her in Dubai last October and said Bhutto had full US support
North America
Lost in a muddle of greetings
- 13 December 2007
- 5 comments
The holiday season in the US with Thanksgiving and travels via Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas to New Year
North America
A stay of execution?
- 22 November 2007
- 9 comments
Is America getting over its love affair with the death penalty? Executions are declining, and now the legality of the "lethal injection" is in question.
International Politics
Rocky road to the White House
- 08 November 2007
- 8 comments
Conventional wisdom says next year's presidential race should be Clinton v Giuliani. But this time all bets are off
North America
The Deep South, the white tree, the noose
- 25 October 2007
- 9 comments
Shocking events in small-town Louisiana are confronting white Americans with a poisonous racism they usually ignore.
Politics
Sick: The great American con trick
- 04 October 2007
- 18 comments
Opinion polls in the US show that many believe health care, not the Iraq War, is the nation's biggest problem. The middle classes now realise they have been duped.
