Ai Weiwei Sculpture in New York
Yesterday saw the unveiling of a magnificent bronze sculpture by Ai Weiwei in New York, his first major public installation in the US.
“Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads” is at the Pulitzer Fountain in front of The Plaza Hotel, close to the Southeast entrance to Central Park. Weiwei is the renowned artist and social activist ...
The killing of bin Laden and the American response
The reaction in America to the news that Osama bin Laden was killed by US commandos is not what it seems from the media reports.
The TV images have focused on the groups of people waving flags and shouting ...
This week’s articles of note
“The consequentialist: how the Arab spring remade Obama’s foreign policy,” The New Yorker, by Ryan Lizza
“Obama’s 2012 paradox,” National Journal, by Ron Brownstein
“What’s wrong with America’s economy?” The Economist
“What’s left of the left: Paul Krugman’s lonely crusade,” New York, by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
“Milwaukee’s best no longer,” ...
The Birthers
I was in a diner in Scranton, Pennsylvania last night, when an older man in the booth two down from ours was speaking somewhat loudly to a woman who I guessed was his daughter. “I’ve decided to challenge his citizenship,” he said, with “his” referring to President Obama’s. “But I know it comes ...
On vacation this week
Will return April 25th.
This week’s articles of note
“False pretense for war in Libya?” The Boston Globe, by Alan J. Kuperman
“This tech bubble is different,” Bloomberg Businessweek, by Ashlee Vance
“The management myth,” The Atlantic, by Matthew Stewart
“In praise of Marx,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, by Terry Eagleton
“Twin lessons: Have more kids. Pay ...
Distracted driving: another attempt to use kids to police adults
Jane Brody in the New York Times writes about “distracted driving” – that is, undertaking activities in the car such as re-programming your GPS, searching for a particular CD, putting on make-up or shaving, and so ...
US budget showdown: the politics of pantomime
For all the attempts to talk up the budget clash as a great historical drama, in truth it revealed the pathetic state of American politics.
Read my spiked article in full here.
This week’s articles of note
“Good, bad or none of our business,” The Australian, by Frank Furedi
“Beyond the welfare state,” National Affairs, by Yuval Levin
“Reclaiming the politics of freedom,” The Nation, by Corey Robin
“Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%,” Vanity Fair, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
“‘The birth of ...
A wage-less recovery
Workers’ wages are stagnating in the US, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Average hourly earnings showed no growth in March for the fourth time in ...
ABOUT SEAN COLLINS
I write about American current affairs for Spiked, the online magazine. I am a native New Yorker, and I divide my time between New York City and upstate New York.
In addition to articles for Spiked, The Australian and other publications, I contributed an essay, "BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech," for the book Unsafe Space: The Crisis of Free Speech on Campus (2016). I also wrote a chapter on New York City's economy for the book London After Recession: A Fictitious Capital? (2012).
My writings have been cited in American Conservative, Arts & Letters Daily, the Financial Times, Fox News, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Times of London, among other media.
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