Jonathan Freedland

The deadly Bush doctrine

published: Sunday | November 16, 2008 Ian Boyne, Contributor "The world has never watched any vote, in any nation, so closely. And while the Americans largely voted for him because of the disastrous state of the economy, the...

Deb Price: GOP needs to court gay votes

While establishment Republicans are soul searching, they'd be wise to realize that, simultaneously, young voters are watching TV, where they see openly gay Congressman Barney Frank trying to save U.S. capitalism and openly gay...

Jonathan Freedland: Is Obama about to ask Hillary to be his secretary of state?

The Washington rumour mill says Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton for the post of secretary of state. Handing her the job is fraught with risk, but even raising the prospect is tricky. Because if Obama now picks...

US political briefing: Behind the scenes

Officially, as Barack Obama's spokespeople keep reminding the media and the nation, there's only one US president at the moment, whom the president-elect met at the White House on Monday. Apart from that encounter, and a...

Republicans have a shoulder to cry on

Republicans looking for a friendly shoulder to cry on in the coming months could do worse than look up their ideological cousins across the Atlantic. For the Conservative Party in Britain knows what it feels like to be wiped...

Jonathan Freedland: The president-elect is not a dove - he is just a much smarter hawk | Comment...

Posted By gamahuche 17 hours, 33 minutes ago in That noise you've been hearing for the past week, the one that began in the United States last Tuesday before spreading throughout the world? That's the sound of a global sigh of...

Jonathan Freedland: The president-elect is not a dove - he is just a much smarter hawk

That noise you've been hearing for the past week, the one that began in the United States last Tuesday before spreading throughout the world? That's the sound of a global sigh of relief. It contained a cry of joy too, of...

After Holocaust, next book on US election: Sam Bourne (Interview)

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Renowned author and British journalist Jonathan Freedland - whose pen name is Sam Bourne - plans to weave his next book around the US election campaign. 'I am writing this in Chicago, after seeing Obama...

Letters: Obama's groundwork for Britain

I appreciated Gary Younge's attention to the hard work of Barack Obama's grassroots volunteers (Comment, November 10), but he is wrong to say we volunteers "did not own" the campaign and only did "what he asked". A true...

Jonathan Freedland: 'America has not lost its talent for renewal - even redemption'

For the last eight years, it's been hard to keep the flame alive. Those of us who have admired America since childhood - seeing it as endlessly fascinating, brimming with energy and founded on the deeply radical ideal of...

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