jonathanfreedland.com- Articles http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ en-us jonathan@jonathanfreedland.com 2010-02-03T13:15:44+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Cameron wobbles and weaves – but the media barely lays a glove on him http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000655.html Strings of U-turns and revelations put the Tory leader's judgment in doubt. Tough questions aren't yet being asked Published in the Guardian... 655@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-02-03T13:15:44+00:00 The change we need now is a rougher, more radical Barack Obama http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000654.html A soaring speech will be futile if the US president aims to court the centre. He must instead lay out a series of bold new moves Published in the Guardian... 654@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-01-26T23:13:59+00:00 Brown is right to testify on Iraq http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000653.html The political rewards of appearing in front of Chilcot are manifest. But there are risks, too, of inconvenient revelations Published in the Guardian... 653@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-01-22T22:49:16+00:00 The election of a lifetime: maybe not. But the stakes are too high to tune out http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000652.html If Britain's contestants are no Obama or Palin, the ideological divide is real. This election shouldn't be won on flimsy grounds Published in the Guardian... 652@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-01-20T11:55:45+00:00 Campbell may be a true believer, but Iraq has poisoned our faith in politics http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000651.html Today's corrosive sense of powerlessness was born in the spin doctor's dossier. At Chilcot or not, we need a reckoning Published in The Guardian... 651@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-01-12T13:21:57+00:00 JFS: Why are no heads rolling? http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000650.html This invidious, calamitous episode should not be left to fade Published in the Jewish Chronicle... 650@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-01-08T11:11:15+00:00 One by one, Downing Street defused all the bombs http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000648.html While the rest of the country tried to clear the snow from the streets, the Labour tribe was discovering whether it had ice in its heart Published on page 3 of the Top stories section of the Guardian... 648@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-01-07T08:58:28+00:00 There is more than cowardice that stands between Labour and regicide http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000649.html With no clear challenger and no ideological drive to oust Brown, seasonal rumours of a coup are likely to remain just that Published in the Guardian... 649@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2010-01-06T09:02:39+00:00 The Obamas: Icons of the decade http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000646.html Barack emerged as the inverse of everything that had gone before. Michelle ensured his feet were kept on the ground Published on the Guardian website... 646@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-12-23T18:08:29+00:00 The perfect gift? How about an end to loneliness – and not just at Christmas http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000645.html A remarkable experiment is getting people visiting one another again, and its radical lessons could boost public services Published in the Guardian... 645@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-12-23T18:06:41+00:00 Obama is not saviour of the world. He's still an American president http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000644.html The reality is that this man must represent the contradictory interests of a country still way behind on climate change Published in the Guardian... 644@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-12-16T19:37:54+00:00 Books of the Decade http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000643.html Jonathan Freedland on The 9/11 Commission Report Published in the Guardian review section (click here and scroll a third of the way down)... 643@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-12-05T15:02:28+00:00 The debt, excess and exploitation is not Dubai's alone. We've all been at it http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000641.html The glitzy Gulf state is a modern parable for a world living on tick. How much better the wealth could have been spent Published in the Guardian... 641@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-12-02T10:55:44+00:00 The Swiss ban makes me shudder http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000640.html I can't help imagining how I would feel if the attitudes reflected in the minaret vote were directed at my own community Published on the Guardian website... 640@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-12-01T10:52:59+00:00 Casually caustic 'diplomacy' http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000642.html Some former Foreign Office men seem determined to conform to stereotype Published in the Jewish Chronicle... 642@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-11-27T10:20:45+00:00