Hillary and Obama’s biofuels policy driving America down the wrong road

So Hillary has had it. Obama is the de facto Democratic nominee. And what a depressing spectacle the whole thing has been – and I’m not talking about the mutual slagging-off contest. I’m talking the policy – such as it was.
At the first electoral test, the Iowa caucuses, both candidates came out strongly in support [...]

New politics or same old?

If you want to see how far removed both Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are from what Obama nebulously terms the “new politics”, take a look at their collective line on the North American Free Trade Agreement – NAFTA.
Negotiated by Mr Clinton in 1993, NAFTA remains one of the few enduring legacies of the charming [...]

Is Obama the New Blair – and just what Hillary deserves?

There’s nothing a BBC reporter loves more than breathlessly to announce yet another set of Obama victories. For Obama – or Barack as they often prefer familiarly to call him - is pre-eminently one of them.
Of course the last time a charismatic young orator swept into the White House, he was tragically shot too soon [...]

What a load of Barracks

Don’t know your Barrack from your Hillary. Wondering about the difference between a primary and a caucus? Well I’m afraid I’ve already heard more than enough.
Surely I can’t be the only one who is getting completely fed up with the coverage of American politics?
Now I lived in the States for three years as a kid. [...]

Imagine a male Hillary or a white Obama…

As Hillary and Barak rev up for the final run in to Super Tuesday, it got me wondering: would anyone listen to Hillary if she was a man? And would anyone turn up to Barak’s gigs if he was white? I’m not sure of the answers, I just pose the questions.
Phillip Oppenheim