There are always things we say that we think are smart at the time. Later, when we know a bit more, we come to regret them. So many Europeans have now repeated the criticism that “most Americans don’t even have passports” that it has finally ceased to provoke any response from me. I once said [...]...

President Obama suggests that his dipping popularity is due to the difficult decisions that he has to make.  But if health care is any example, the problem is the choices he is taking, not the issues themselves. Americans receive the best health services anywhere in the world.  That’s why patients from Canada, the UK and [...]...

The incident itself was a minor matter considering the issues the world is facing, but when the history of Barack Obama’s presidency is written the “GatesGate” saga may be worthy of more than a passing paragraph. What happened?  A 58-year old African American academic accuses the police of racism when he is arrested at his [...]...