http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:22:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/31/clint-eastwood-transfer-deadline-day-r1cheryl/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/31/clint-eastwood-transfer-deadline-day-r1cheryl/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:43:13 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28033 What's trending and why?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/31/clint-eastwood-transfer-deadline-day-r1cheryl/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/why-did-the-supreme-court-deliver-president-obama-an-unexpected-favour/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/why-did-the-supreme-court-deliver-president-obama-an-unexpected-favour/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:34:04 +0000 Leighton Vaughan Williams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26078 It is a little over a week since the US Supreme Court delivered its landmark judgment on President Obama’s signature policy achievement in office so far, the Affordable Care Act, which extends medical insurance coverage to additional tens of millions of Americans as well as covering those with pre-existing conditions. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/06/why-did-the-supreme-court-deliver-president-obama-an-unexpected-favour/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/05/these-republican-primaries-are-a-sideshow-%e2%80%93-and-so-is-the-presidential-election/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/05/these-republican-primaries-are-a-sideshow-%e2%80%93-and-so-is-the-presidential-election/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:39:36 +0000 Tom Mendelsohn http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=20135 While we’re all going doolally over which malignant Republican replicant is the least tragically flawed – a process which will be stretched over the course of six glorious months – the culture wars are still being fought just under the radar. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/05/these-republican-primaries-are-a-sideshow-%e2%80%93-and-so-is-the-presidential-election/feed/ 198 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/10/newt-gingrich-and-the-castration-of-republican-politics/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/10/newt-gingrich-and-the-castration-of-republican-politics/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:37:39 +0000 Oliver Duggan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=19376 The substitution of Newt Gingrich for Herman Cain in the 2012 Republican primaries is a confusing managerial move. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/10/newt-gingrich-and-the-castration-of-republican-politics/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/04/cain-the-pizza-man-should-be-toast/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/04/cain-the-pizza-man-should-be-toast/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:23:43 +0000 Anne Penketh http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=18291 One of the great mysteries of the Republican presidential contest is the continued popularity of  former pizza chain CEO Herman Cain. I would have thought that his handling of the sexual harassment scandal that broke last weekend would have dented his soaring approval ratings and raised questions about his fitness to be president. First he denied [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/04/cain-the-pizza-man-should-be-toast/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/03/dispatches-from-the-red-planet/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/03/dispatches-from-the-red-planet/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:11:36 +0000 Paul Vale http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=9460 Cheers echoed around the huge conference hall as the name was finally announced. For the second year running, Texas Republican Ron Paul had won the straw poll for the Presidential nomination at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). For most in attendance, particularly the 1100 or so supporters of the Texas Governor who had made [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/03/dispatches-from-the-red-planet/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/09/the-audacity-of-fear/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/09/the-audacity-of-fear/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:46:45 +0000 Dr Russell Razzaque http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=5986 Fear is the most natural of reactions. It is a mechanism without which we could never have evolved. It is an instant response to an instant threat to our being. And it leads us to react immediately and viscerally too – fight or flight.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/09/the-audacity-of-fear/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/05/the-toxic-myth-that-cripples-us-democracy/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/05/the-toxic-myth-that-cripples-us-democracy/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:52:03 +0000 C J Schuler http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=5909 The Tea Party's idea of liberty is that of the spoilt adolescent. They want government to keep out of their lives and not tell them what to do - until they're in trouble and need Mom and Pop to rescue them.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/05/the-toxic-myth-that-cripples-us-democracy/feed/ 23