The midterm elections revealed the deep divisions within the US political system. With a Republican majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, Obama has a tough last two years ahead of him. In a short series of blogs, a number of America-watchers will reflect on the question: where do we go from here?...
Ten years ago, a mystery-detective novel suddenly rose to the top of the bestseller lists. That book was The Da Vinci Code, the fourth novel of an, until then, unknown novelist named Dan Brown. We all know what happened next: this ”riddle-filled, code-breaking, exhilaratingly brainy thriller,” as Janet Maslin described it, turned into one of the …...
