After the Bombs After the Bombs
Friends in the States seemed to assume that this was London's 9/11--it wasn't.
Jul 14, 2005 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
After the Boycott… What? After the Boycott… What?
The Israeli university boycott and its subsequent reversal could have been avoided.
Jun 2, 2005 / D.D. Guttenplan
Blair: Mistrust Grows Blair: Mistrust Grows
Labour's big tent is shrinking.
Apr 28, 2005 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Continental Drift Continental Drift
To an American, Europe is a cautionary tale.
Mar 16, 2005 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
Still Blair’s Party Still Blair’s Party
D.D. Guttenplan would like to thank Glenda Jackson MP for her assistance in gaining admission to the Labour Party Conference.
Oct 7, 2004 / D.D. Guttenplan
Britain’s Secret Sharers Britain’s Secret Sharers
Barely a month ago Prime Minister Tony Blair looked unstoppable. He'd survived, narrowly, a revolt within his own party over plans to allow universities to charge higher tuition ...
Mar 4, 2004 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Whitewashing Blair Whitewashing Blair
Meteorologists may disagree, but the political weather in Britain almost always comes from the United States.
Feb 5, 2004 / D.D. Guttenplan
Blair, Triumphant Blair, Triumphant
In the end, Tony Blair had nothing to fear but fear itself. As the Labour Party assembled for its annual conference here on Britain's Yiddish Riviera, the news looked grim.
Oct 9, 2003 / D.D. Guttenplan
UK Sideshow to Iraq UK Sideshow to Iraq
With its daily dominance of the headlines and a stellar cast from the worlds of government, secret intelligence and the media, the Hutton inquiry, playing here until the end of...
Sep 4, 2003 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Poodle That Barked The Poodle That Barked
George Bush is supposed to be the cowboy, Tony Blair the sidekick--or, in some versions, the presidential poodle.
Mar 20, 2003 / D.D. Guttenplan