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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Politics
To nuke or not to nuke: Bush decides
- 17 April 2006
There will be an attack; that much is already assumed in Washington. Whether it should be nuclear is a matter of intense debate. The verdict may depend upon the wild card of the president's Messianic complex
World Affairs
Worshippers of wisteria lane
- 10 April 2006
How Christian are the desperate housewives, in thought and deed? Not very. And neither, despite what they say, are most of their fellow Americans.
World Affairs
A lifetime for a spliff
- 27 March 2006
Don't use marijuana in the US unless you want to risk going to prison for the rest of your life. America has the most punitive penal system in the world
Politics
He's got a plan: cut and run
- 20 March 2006
Even Rumsfeld, cocooned inside Bush's bunker, can see it's over
Politics
Deputy Dick: what we don't know
- 27 February 2006
Had he been drinking? Why were the witness reports so contradictory? Many questions remain about that quail shoot
North America
Andrew Stephen saves $9,000
- 20 February 2006
The dentist said I needed an extraction and implants that would cost $9,000. Knowing how things work in the US, I got a second opinion. The result? No extraction, no implants
Politics
Dubbya: just as tricky as Dickie
- 06 February 2006
George Bush, like Nixon before him, can't resist bugging his enemies and covering up. But does he remember what became of his predecessor?
World Affairs
An American education
- 16 January 2006
It is "early applications" time for US universities, and families have been on tenterhooks. If you want to see the class system at work, look no further
Politics
Mister straight talk
- 19 December 2005
2006 - America : In a big election year, with the president on the ropes and the right at war with itself, one man can save the Republicans, and he is a maverick Vietnam hero aged 69
Politics
Pssst. How much to buy Washington?
- 12 December 2005
The US capital is swarming with lobbyists who are paid absurd sums to do shady deals with elected politicians. Now, suddenly, the courts are lifting the lid on what they get up to
