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For the past month I have been travelling around the States, taking the temperature of the country before tomorrow’s vote. From coast to coast, the US is a nation on edge.

In his new book, the novelist swerves an opportunity to capture the brilliance of his late friend

From foreign policy to tackling wokeness, his successes have been noticed

An outsider’s perspective on America’s racial discontent

When he slings nicknames at his opponents and otherwise goes off script, both he and the crowd get to enjoy themselves

It has become another improbable victim of the culture wars

In recent years this city in the Pacific Northwest has become famous for a variety of reasons — none of them good.

Anyone who has visited San Francisco in recent years will have noticed that one of the world’s most beautifully positioned cities has turned into an American dystopia.

Social media sites such as Twitter have unprecedented power — and are using it to influence politics

I was born in Britain, and as I write, my own country keeps getting roiled by culture wars imported from yours.

Should we wear our masks? The question has been on my mind as I have been battered that way and this by a variety of people with stronger feelings than mine on the matter.

Started by academics in the 1970s, this cornerstone of the woke worldview has taken hold across society