The poetry of optimism, the triumph of political management

Saturday 30 August '08

At the Invesco Field at Mile High, I asked The Nation magazine columnist and poet Katha Pollitt to tell me if there had been any moments of poetry at this Democratic convention.

An eclectic audience, star turns and a circus made for television

Friday 29 August '08

Such sweet folksy music is present in the ritual of the roll-call, when the different states that make up the United States of America...

Keep going, Hillary said. To the nominee or to her loyal cadre?

Thursday 28 August '08

Near the end of his book The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama recalls a phone conversation with his wife Michelle...

Like a rock concert, with the most famous band in the world

Wednesday 27 August '08

The snow-tipped peaks of the Rockies are visible in the distance toward the West, and a raging tornado touched...