Dispatches

‘Nothing could underline Romney’s message on the centrality of the economy to this election better than the appointment of Rob Portman to his ticket’

‘The Wagner family has never let Bayreuth and the festival out if its grip — today it is still run by two of Richard’s great-granddaughters’

‘With a $15 trillion national debt continuing to grow, it’s understandable if Obama prefers to shift the focus onto those social and personal areas where he regularly beats Romney’

‘While between 1895 and 1945 the German debate over how to be modern resulted in a global killing-field, a group of artists in Worpswede set down their visions for a 20th century of artistic sensibility and material living’

“There are indeed activist, ambitious and imperialistic judiciaries but whatever Obama intimates and the New York Times attempts to argue, John Robert’s present Supreme Court is not one of them.”

‘With only a couple of hundred fewer delegates than Romney, Santorum believes there’s everything still to play for—especially in a race that has already had eight frontrunners’

GOP voting this year is extraordinarily volatile: Republicans’ heads and hearts are completely disconnected – really, they just want Ronald Reagan back

A reduction in the role of the US government doesn’t necessarily mean any less care for US citizens