/taxonomy/term/1871 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /dispatches-july-august-2016-oliver-wiseman-convention-libertarian-orlando-florida-gary-johnson <p><b>Author:</b>Oliver Wiseman</p>Laid-back and modest: Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party candidate for President (©GAGE SKIDMORE)<br /><br /><p><a href="/dispatches-july-august-2016-oliver-wiseman-convention-libertarian-orlando-florida-gary-johnson"><span>read more</span></a></p> /dispatches-july-august-2016-oliver-wiseman-convention-libertarian-orlando-florida-gary-johnson#comments Dispatches Gary Johnson Libertarian Party Conference Libertarianism US politics Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:14:33 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 6569 at http://standpointmag.co.uk /features-july-august-2016-michael-auslin-shock-and-awe-tales-of-a-washington-insider <p><b>Author:</b>Michael Auslin</p>The “cursus honorum” to the Capitol: Nearly everyone in Washington DC works for or with the US government (© SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)<br /><br /><br />I live and work in the Washington, DC  metropolitan region. I drive to my office down 16th Street, the White House visible through my windshield. In my job I meet four-star generals in the Pentagon and Senators in the Capitol. I dine with foreign ambassadors. I have been briefed in the Roosevelt Room, across from the Oval Office in the White House, and lunched in the ornate Franklin Room on the seventh floor of the State Department, just down from the Secretary’s office. On my way home, I often drive up Massachusetts Avenue, passing Beaux Arts mansions and modernist architecture housing the embassies of every country on earth.<br /><p><a href="/features-july-august-2016-michael-auslin-shock-and-awe-tales-of-a-washington-insider"><span>read more</span></a></p> /features-july-august-2016-michael-auslin-shock-and-awe-tales-of-a-washington-insider#comments Barack Obama Features US politics Washington DC Mon, 04 Jul 2016 19:02:53 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 6553 at http://standpointmag.co.uk