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
The unmentionable causes of violence
- 30 April 2007
Present-day American males are the most pampered examples of their species in history, and compensate by vicariously nurturing self-images of masculinity removed from reality
North America
Grounded: Why America's airlines are the world's worst
- 16 April 2007
- 1 comment
British travellers beware: the US airline industry is in a tailspin, and passenger service and staff morale are hitting rock-bottom.
North America
The murk and dirt of the White House
- 26 March 2007
- 3 comments
At last, the everyday corruption of the Bush administration is gradually being brought out into the daylight.
World Affairs
Iraq: the hidden cost of the war
- 12 March 2007
- 9 comments
America won't simply be paying with its dead. The Pentagon is trying to silence economists who predict that several decades of care for the wounded will amount to an unbelievable $2.5 trillion.
Politics
Iran - This, Mr President, is how wars start
- 19 February 2007
- 11 comments
Andrew Stephen in Washington warns that war could easily be triggered by the Bush administration's sheer incompetence
Politics
Too complex for Dubbya
- 12 February 2007
- 2 comments
Unfortunately for the rest of the world, Rumsfeld and co never realised the Sunni-Shia division could get so complicated.
Politics
No Fidel, no problem?
- 12 February 2007
- 1 comment
Miami is planning a great party, and Bush's people expect dancing in the streets of Havana. But few others in Washington believe Castro's death would suddenly change Cuba.
Politics
Bush's blue-collar war
- 22 January 2007
- 5 comments
The US soldiers in Iraq come overwhelmingly from poor backgrounds and only five members of Congress have sons or daughters serving there.
International Politics
Dubbya in denial
- 08 January 2007
- 8 comments
The hanging of Saddam failed to provide the lesson in justice longed for by George W Bush. But even as the US forces' death toll hits 3,000 and a hostile Congress convenes, the president holds out for "victory" in Iraq
Politics
Buying into a recession
- 11 December 2006
- 3 comments
America's annual spending frenzy is under way and even sub-zero temperatures won't stop people camping out to snap up bargains. But falling house prices point to trouble ahead
