New year, same old problem across the pond?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 6, 2023
It’s reasonable to look at the US Capitol, where the newly Republican-controlled House of Representatives …
Read More2022 was cruel but there are reasons to be cheerful about 2023. Happy new year
by Rashmee
Posted on January 1, 2023
As the old year died, it was hard to shed too many tears for it.…
Read MorePrometheus unbound & Peter Thiel: Squidgy ideas inform hard push to disruption in US
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2022
The hard business of supporting nationalism, conservatism and libertarianism in the United States these days …
Read More‘Sportswashing’ goes much beyond Qatar. What about Trump and the Saudis?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 17, 2022
With all the talk about “sportswashing” in the countdown to the World Cup in Qatar,…
Read MoreTrumpty Dumpty and DeFuture: Fellowship of the ring
by Rashmee
Posted on November 10, 2022
Seven years after Donald Trump burst on America and the world’s political consciousness, two front …
Read MoreAmerica’s scary times don’t end with Halloween
by Rashmee
Posted on November 7, 2022
Until recently, it was tempting and deeply comforting to think that America’s election-deniers were just …
Read More‘Librium Liz’ has been doing a good job of sending herself up
by Rashmee
Posted on September 29, 2022
When I heard Liz Truss, Britain’s prime minister for barely three weeks, on the radio …
Read MoreAmerica’s contradictions in three events on just one day
by Rashmee
Posted on August 4, 2022
The first Tuesday of August 2022 underlined America’s many contradictions, some reassuringly rational, others fantastical …
Read MoreJanuary 6: America’s ‘feast of the goat’?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 22, 2022
When reports from the January 6 committee’s latest hearing came in, it told us nothing …
Read MoreThe parallels between ‘Britain Trump’ and the real American thing are overstated
by Rashmee
Posted on July 12, 2022
Remember when Donald Trump described Boris Johnson as “Britain Trump”? Quite apart from being ungrammatical, …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK