Letter from Los Angeles: My city is burning
The fires ripping through LA show that, here, beauty and danger are two sides of a coin.
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Donald Trump’s empire of ego
How to reconcile the incoming president’s isolationist first term with his new expansionist rhetoric.
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Nickel Boys is ambitious, immersive and alienating
The confident and provocative film offers style over connection.
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The year ahead: Will the Musk-Trump bromance endure?
Now the common enemy, the Democratic Party, has been vanquished, their interests may diverge.
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The edge of anarchy
Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis.
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New Year, same American violence
The US’s acceptance of deadly crime and political bloodshed goes far deeper than its addiction to guns.
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Jimmy Carter and the rise of American narcissism
Carter’s Christian introspection has been twisted into the imperial self-regard now worn by Trump.
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The year ahead: America could face a Liz Truss moment
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown an appetite for a fight with the US central bank.
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Jimmy Carter never needed redemption
The former president, who has died at age 100, knew that America should not confuse restraint with weakness.
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We must all be left conservatives now
Christopher Lasch, Steve Bannon and Donald Trump all understand the unique current of our historical moment.
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All the president’s profits
Donald Trump’s businesses made millions during his first term. His second will only offer him more opportunities for self-enrichment.
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Trump, Lenin and the world-revolutionary moment
With the second coming of Donald Trump, it may now be prudent to try to understand him. Neither episodic nor…
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The tragedy of Greater Syria
With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?
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America’s Wild West pathologies
With assassins stalking Manhattan and the law now a personal tool of presidents, the rules of justice have been inverted.
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Why the assassination of Brian Thompson ignited American politics
The UnitedHealthcare CEO is seen as part of a supposedly tyrannical oligarchy.
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America’s impotent elite
Gone are the days when Hollywood could decide elections.
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The political annexation of America’s swing state media
Plus: Jason Cowley’s New Statesman legacy, and how crypto bought the US election.
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This Christmas, spare a thought for the world’s richest man
For disruptors like Elon Musk, the statement of intent is all. What happens next – such as running a new…
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The counter-elite gambled on Trump and won
The energy in politics is with the populist right – and the left doesn’t know how to respond.
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The dawn of the anti-woke era
Having rejected the Democrats’ progressivist dogma, the American electorate is undergoing a social and demographic revolution.
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