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Nicholas Wapshott

A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture

Like many “leftish” Brits who crossed the Atlantic to criticise imperial America from the belly of the beast, Cockburn soon discovered that America barely exists.

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A view on Syria from the US: Obama’s enemies scent blood

How did Obama find himself in such a rococo mess, pinned between haters in the House and his KGB…

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What David Cameron can learn from Abraham Lincoln

Wearing the Union blue.

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A new age of unreason

Darwinism is on trial in the US again. But this time, argues Nicholas Wapshott, it's part of a wider

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