From Takimag

• In the shadow of the Yanks. Their resident British soldier learns the best and worst of America from meeting our troops in Iraq: the two sides of ‘we think big’.
• Old news: Romney’s unlikeable. Al Gore’s charm. But all he has to do is coast for the next few months and he’ll be president. The Dinkins effect and the depression will do the work.
• Places White People like. That’s OK. The diverse aren’t really interested in diversity either.