View from America
(Evening Standard)

Written for publication in The Evening Standard, View from America is a series of articles on the American scene, heavily focused on politics and social life.

'The Crucial Test That Could Make or Break Barack Obama.' London Evening Standard (19 March 2010) [Fenton on Obama and Health Care].

'Now Barack Obama the Brave Has Israel to Contend with.' London Evening Standard (26 March 2010) [Fenton on Obama and Israel].

'The Mad, Bad, Sad World of America's Far Right.' London Evening Standard (9 April 2010) [Fenton on U.S. patriotism and paranoid armed militias seeking to wage war on their own government].

'America’s Angry Classes Are Having a Tea Party.' London Evening Standard (16 April 2010) [Fenton on the Tea Party].

'The Mean Streets Image No Longer Matches New York.' London Evening Standard (23 April 2010) [Fenton on New York City, crime and safety].

'Now Can Barack Obama Get the Better of Wall Street?' London Evening Standard (30 April 2010) [Fenton on Obama and Financial Reform].

'The Vietnam War Finally Ambushes a Bogus Veteran' London Evening Standard (21 May 2010) [Fenton on America's debacle in Indochina].

'Is Middle America Ready to Accept the Right to Be Gay?' London Evening Standard (14 May 2010) [Fenton on US attitudes to homosexuality, including within the military].

'From My Tranquil English Garden to a Harlem Shuffle.' London Evening Standard (28 May 2010) [Fenton on moving from Oxfordshire to New York].

'The Lone Killer Will Find Friends in the States.' London Evening Standard (4 June 2010) [Fenton on guns and America].

'How Barack Obama Acts, Not What He Says, Is What Matters Now.' London Evening Standard (11 June 2010) [Fenton on Obama and the BP oil spill].

'Americans Turn the Tables on the Mortgage Lenders.' London Evening Standard (18 June 2010) [Fenton on the American mortgage crisis].

'Why America’s Right Is Falling Out over Obama’s War in Afghanistan.' London Evening Standard (9 July 2010) [Fenton on the Republican party and the War in Afghanistan].

'Race, Spin and Yet More Trouble for the Republicans.' London Evening Standard (16 July 2010) [Fenton on Arizona's immigration law].

'John McCain Is in Thrall to the Monster He Has Created.' London Evening Standard (30 July 2010) [Fenton on Arizona's Senator].

'The Ground Zero Mosque Would Heal Old Wounds.' London Evening Standard (6 August 2010) [Fenton on building a place of worship for Muslims near the World Trade Center].

'When Will Barack Obama Come Out in Favour of Gay Marriage?' London Evening Standard (13 August 2010) [Fenton on California's Prop 8 and President Obama's position on gay marriage. NOTE: Broken link from the source website].

'Sarah Palin Is One Screwball Who Could Upset the US Apple Cart.' London Evening Standard (20 August 2010) [Fenton on Alaska's former Governor].

'The Constitution Is a Thorn in Many Americans’ Sides.' London Evening Standard (27 August 2010) [Fenton discusses U.S. immigration policy and the Fourteenth Amendment].

'The Price of War and the Lasting Legacy of Failure.' London Evening Standard (3 September 2010) [Fenton on American withdrawal from war].

'The US Right's Real Message: Muslims Are the Enemy.' London Evening Standard (10 September 2010) [Fenton on Muslims and the political Right in America].

'Puritanism Comes Back to Haunt the US Right.' London Evening Standard (17 September 2010) [Fenton on the victory of Christine O'Donnell in the Delaware primary].

'Gay Sex, Fraud and a Bishop "dripping with diamonds".' London Evening Standard (24 September 2010) [Fenton on Bishop Eddie Long, one of the stately homophobes of the American South, who was accused this week by three young men of having induced them, over the years, to have sex with him].

'Barack Obama Must Rally His Supporters to Stand Firm by Him.' London Evening Standard (1 October 2010) [Fenton on President Barack Obama's need to help the Democrats retain their uncertain control of Congress in November's mid-term elections].

'Witches, Crooks and Liars Vie for the People’s Votes.' London Evening Standard (8 October 2010) [Fenton on the quality of candidates in the upcoming elections].

'A Sign That the US Right May Be Losing the Plot.' London Evening Standard (15 October 2010) [Fenton on the Right and the upcoming elections].

'Barack Obama Is Damned If He Does, Damned If He Doesn't.' London Evening Standard (22 October 2010) [Fenton on Obama and the state of the American mood].

'Barack Obama Doesn't Need to Panic Just Yet.' London Evening Standard (29 October 2010) [Fenton on what the upcoming election may mean for the Obama administration].

'It Could Have Been So Much Worse for Barack Obama.' London Evening Standard (3 November 2010) [Fenton on the 2010 elections].

'Tea Party Fans Are Returning to the Republican Fold.' London Evening Standard (12 November 2010) [Fenton on how Far Right voters and some successful candidates aren’t letting ideology interfere too much with their interests].

'The Plot to Keep Barack Obama out of the Washington Loop.' London Evening Standard (19 November 2010) [Fenton on the lame duck session and how certain Republicans would rather damage US interests than allow a Democrat head of state to enact useful laws].

' "It's an invasion of liberty - don't touch my junk!" ' London Evening Standard (26 November 2010) [Fenton on enhanced scanning technology in U.S. airports].

'The leakers who fear for their lives in the land of the free.' London Evening Standard (3 December 2010) [Fenton on how Americans feel about the latest upending of the WikiLeaks dump-truck].

'Barack Obama’s only way forward is a deal with the Right.' London Evening Standard (10 December 2010) [Fenton on Obama and the Republicans].

'The enchanting magic of a New York Christmas.' London Evening Standard (17 December 2010) [Fenton on the holidays].

'Republicans are in the House and fluffing their lines.' London Evening Standard (7 January 2011) [Fenton on the new congress].

'Barack Obama exposes the Right’s lack of leadership again.' London Evening Standard (14 January 2011) [Fenton on Tucson].

'Compromise isn't a word in the Chinese lexicon.' London Evening Standard (21 January 2011) [Fenton on U.S. and China relations].

'They have their own way of doing things in Chicago.' London Evening Standard (28 January 2011) [Fenton on Rahm Emanuel's run for Chicago Mayor].

'Obama gambles on cutting off Egypt's old guard.' London Evening Standard (4 February 2011) [Fenton on Obama's approach to Egypt].

'Does anyone in the US know what to do about Egypt?' London Evening Standard (11 February 2011) [Fenton on changes in Egypt].

'The making or breaking of a £40m Broadway show.' London Evening Standard (18 February 2011) [Fenton on Spiderman the musical].

'A new trick for the underdog to learn: snarling sweetly.' London Evening Standard (25 February 2011) [Fenton on Rahm Emanuel and Chicago politics].

'The Republicans may finally have found their man contender.' London Evening Standard (4 March 2011) [Fenton on Republican hopefuls for President].

'US magazines battle to survive in a tough new era.' London Evening Standard (11 March 2011) [Fenton on American media and Tina Brown's Newsweek].

'Did Hillary finally push Obama into action on Libya?' London Evening Standard (18 March 2011) [Fenton on Clinton and Obama].

'Obama's Libyan juggling act reaches a moment of truth.' London Evening Standard (1 April 2011) [Fenton on Libya].

'It's time America realised that the Tea Party's over.' London Evening Standard (8 April 2011) [Fenton on the U.S. Budget].

'Donald Trump's insane campaign to be the US president.' London Evening Standard (15 April 2011) [Fenton on how questioning Barack Obama's origins destroys what little credibility the tycoon has as a Republican candidate].

'So what made this President turn assassin?' London Evening Standard (6 May 2011) [Fenton on the death of Bin Laden].

'Can Obama bring 11million illegals into the fold?' London Evening Standard (13 May 2011) [Fenton on President Obama's push for an amnesty].

'No one is too rich or grand to avoid the US perp walk.' London Evening Standard (20 May 2011) [Fenton on Dominique Strauss-Kahn].

'The Tiffany scandal rocking the Republicans.' London Evening Standard (27 May 2011) [Fenton on Newt Gingrich].

'Romney's own party now calls him a socialist.' London Evening Standard (3 June 2011) [Fenton on the Republican front-runner Mitt Romney].

'A new woman is on the block: bye bye Sarah Palin.' London Evening Standard (17 June 2011) [Fenton on Michele Bachmann].

'The tide is slowly turning for gay rights in the US.' London Evening Standard (24 June 2011) [Fenton on New York and Gay Rights].

'Obama can win but he'll have to work hard for it.' London Evening Standard (1 July 2011) [Fenton on Obama and the 2012 election].

'In the end there was a 'trial' - of the alleged victim.' London Evening Standard (8 July 2011) [Fenton on American verdicts].

'America must get a grip on its debt crisis.' London Evening Standard (15 July 2011) [Fenton on the American debt crisis].

'Every bit of peace counts in the heat of the Big Apple.' London Evening Standard (22 July 2011) [Fenton on New York's open spaces].

'America's deficit battle ends -- who won and who lost?' London Evening Standard (5 August 2011) [Fenton on the American deficit debate].

'The Republicans are still hunting for the real deal.' London Evening Standard (26 August 2011) [Fenton on the Republican party candidates for President].

'Obama's jobs bill is a clever trap for the Republicans.' London Evening Standard (9 September 2011) [Fenton on Obama and the misperception of weakness].

'The Republican Right is turning on itself now.' London Evening Standard (16 September 2011) [Fenton on Rick Perry and the Republican party candidates for President].

'As Wall Street shivers, New York feels the chill.' London Evening Standard (23 September 2011) [Fenton on the U.S. economy].

'Warren Buffett's Rule for taxing the rich sparks class war.' London Evening Standard (30 September 2011) [Fenton on American taxes].

'The anguished march of the Wall Street warriors.' London Evening Standard (7 October 2011) [Fenton on Wall Street protests].

'Is Obama morally any different from George W Bush?' London Evening Standard (14 October 2011) [Fenton on the Bush and Obama administrations].

'Why Republicans are cheering for a pizza karaoke star.' London Evening Standard (21 October 2011) [Fenton on Herman Cain and the Republican Presidential field of contenders].

'The right history is key to seizing the American dream.' London Evening Standard (28 October 2011) [Fenton on Marco Rubio, the Senator from Florida].

'How Europe's crisis came home to Wall Street.' London Evening Standard (4 November 2011) [Fenton on the economy].

'When morality bows down to sport and cash.' London Evening Standard (11 November 2011) [Fenton on Jerry Sandusky, a former football coach at Penn State University].

'With opponents like these, Obama's a shoo-in for 2012.' London Evening Standard (18 November 2011) [Fenton on the Republican contenders for the Presidency].

'Are Latinos now America's most persecuted group?' London Evening Standard (25 November 2011) [Fenton on the politics of being Hispanic in the US].

'Now Republican hopes are pinned on Newt the Sinner.' London Evening Standard (2 December 2011) [Fenton on Newt Gingrich].

'Fighting over the poets who express America's story.' London Evening Standard (9 December 2011) [Fenton on the debate over a new anthology of 20th-century US verse edited by Rita Dove].

'Obama can face 2012 with his confidence high.' London Evening Standard (16 December 2011) [Fenton on the reelection prospects of President Obama].

'While Republicans flounder, the mood is turning ugly.' London Evening Standard (6 January 2012) [Fenton on how the indecisive Iowa primary has seen a Newt Gingrich-Mitt Romney dust-up that could cause lasting damage].

'Obama can just sit and watch as the Republicans bitch.' London Evening Standard (13 January 2012) [Fenton on how Mitt Romney's leadership rivals are doing the Democrats a favour by digging up his 'corporate raider' reputation].

'Mitt Romney's on the home straight but Gingrich is still a danger.' London Evening Standard (20 January 2012) [Fenton on Romney's reluctance to pay taxes].

'Taxing the rich - has the States hit a tipping point?' London Evening Standard (27 January 2012) [Fenton on how the doctrine that the wealthy getting wealthier works to the advantage of all Americans is under close scrutiny].

'Mitt Romney still fails to judge the mood of the people.' London Evening Standard (3 February 2012) [Fenton on Mitt Romney].

'How can gay monogamy be the end of the family?' London Evening Standard (10 February 2012).

'America must accept the true power of China.' London Evening Standard (17 February 2012).

'The gay sheriff in the Republicans' latest nightmare.' London Evening Standard (24 February 2012).

'Rick's religion doesn't stop him being a hypocrite.' London Evening Standard (2 March 2012).

'The women’s vote is crucial - someone tell the Republicans.' London Evening Standard (9 March 2012).

'Old prejudices die hard, even in Obama’s America.' London Evening Standard (23 March 2012) [Fenton on the shooting of Trayvon Martin].

'It’s time to throw in the towel but still they linger.' London Evening Standard (30 March 2012).

'Mitt won the race — but can he win over his party?' London Evening Standard (13 April 2012).

'Popular, cool and dancing ... Hillary is now on a roll.' London Evening Standard (20 April 2012).