Patrick Allitt

America has a long tradition of voter fraud

3 October 2020 5:53 pm

Donald Trump was making modern political history even before he fell ill in the final stretch of his election campaign.…

resistance

COVID-19 vs the American spirit of resistance

27 April 2020 9:04 pm

If the coronavirus were as deadly as the bubonic plague, which killed about a third of the population of Europe…

andrew johnson

Lessons from the Johnson impeachment

23 December 2019 2:25 am

The first time Congress impeached a president was in 1868.  The president was Andrew Johnson, a man almost as surprising…

An aura of sovereignty

23 August 2014 9:00 am

For the last 50 years Americans have been decrying the increase of presidential power whenever the party they oppose is…

Hello, Mrs President

8 February 2014 9:00 am

The American right hates Hillary Clinton as much as ever. But that doesn’t mean they know how to stop her