And yet{u2026}: essays

Che Guevara : goodbye to all that --
Orwell\'s list --
Orhan Pamuk : mind the gap --
Bring on the mud --
Ohio\'s odd numbers --
On becoming American --
Mikhail Lermontov : a doomed young man --
Salman Rushdie : Hobbes in the Himalayas --
My Red-state odyssey --
The turkey has landed --
Bah, humbug --
A.N. Wilson : downhill all the way --
Ian Fleming : bottoms up --
Power suits --
Blood for no oil? --
How uninviting --
Look who\'s cutting and running now --
Oriana Fallaci and the art of the interview --
Imperial follies --
Clive James : the omnivore --
Gertrude Bell : the woman who made Iraq --
Physician, heal thyself --
Edmund Wilson : literary companion --
On the limits of self-improvement, part I : of vice and men --
On the limits of self-improvement, part II : vice and versa --
On the limits of self-improvement, part III : mission accomplished --
Ayaan Hirsi Ali : the price of freedom --
Arthur Schlesinger : the courtier --
Paul Scott : Victoria\'s secret --
The case against Hillary Clinton --
The tall tale of Tuzla --
V.S. Naipaul : cruel and unusual --
No regrets --
Barack Obama : cool cat --
The lovely stones --
Edward M. Kennedy : redemption song --
Engaging with Iran is like having sex with someone who hates you --
Colin Powell : Powell valediction --
Shut up about Armenians or we\'ll hurt them again --
Hezbollah\'s progress --
The politicians we deserve --
Rosa Luxemburg : Red Rosa --
Joan Didion : \"Blue nights\" --
The true spirit of Christmas --
Charles dickens\'s inner child --
G.K. Chesterton : the reactionary --
The importance of being Orwell --
What is patriotism?