The 2016 field Romney returns The list of possible Republican candidates grows longer and more familiar WHEN a man wishes to run for president, he no longer announces the fact to voters, or chooses an issue on which to take a stand. Instead, he lets...
Lexington Hugging the Saudi floggers America should reconsider its cosy relationship with Saudi Arabia ON THE way back from carving up the world at the Yalta conference in 1945, Franklin Roosevelt made an unexpected stop. On board the USS Quincy, moo...
New banks Ripe for disruption A rush of new entrants hope to shake up banking I PROMISE to open a bank account for a British citizen in just two minutes, says Nazzim Ishaque brightly. With a background in IT, banking and asset management, he is submi...
The state of the states Republicans in charge The GOP has more clout in the states than at any time since the 1920s ON ELECTION nights, the results for state legislatures get short shrift. Americans want to know who won the presidency or which party...
The attack on Charlie Hebdo Terror in Paris Islamists are assailing freedom of speech; but vilifying all Islam is the wrong way to counter bloody medievalism THE latest issue of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical French magazine, spotlights Michel Houellebec...
拳击立法 虽有风险各国还是逐渐放开职业拳击 FIRST Sweden in 2007, then Cuba in 2013, and now Norway have left the small club of countries that ban professional boxing. The centre-right coalition in power since 2013 promised to cut t...
Chicago's schools Hard work rewarded Rahm Emanuel's school reforms are working Let me teach you some new words NO FAMILY should go to the poorhouse because they are giving their kid a crack at the American dream, said Rahm Emanuel on January 9th. Chi...
Germany and Greece Go if you must Angela Merkel appears to have become more sanguine about a Grexit Merkel points the way for Samaras IF THE Syriza party wins Greece's election on January 25th, most think the power to negotiate rests with Angela Merk...
Lexington An army without generals If Barack Obama is not really the leader of the Democratic Party, who is? THOUGH leading the Republican Party can be a trying task, many politicians want to have a go. Ambition swirls so thickly in the halls of the...
Supermarkets Learning to be different Some glimmers of hope for struggling supermarkets RARELY have the Christmas results for Britain's supermarkets been awaited with such trepidation. Most of them, especially the market leader, Tesco, struggled in 2...