Author: Jimmy Nicholls

There’s rarely been a bad time in American history to write about dysfunctional government. The country harbours a distrust towards authority that has lit...

Many arguments in politics quickly descend into language games. As the American hack likes to say, there’s a lot to ‘unpack’ in how we talk about things. ...

It is traditional in August for journalists to muse on their own exam results days, usually dispensing sarcastic advice. How useful the trade’s experience...

Most people will justifiably not give a shit about the resignation of a New York Times opinion editor. Partly because most people are not American – and basical...

Some time ago a listener of the podcast asked me not use the word ‘retarded’ in any future episode. I declined, somewhat impolitely. He bid me farewell, and I a...