Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
A quintessential American city, the name of which is etched in the global consciousness as the setting for an earlier act of infamy, finds itself at the intersection of a US debate that seemingly is irreconcilable.
A three-day spasm of violence and protests in cities across the US climaxed Thursday night with the killing of four cops and the wounding of seven more in Dallas Texas by what police said were "two snipers [shooting] from elevated positions" during a protest over the latest white-cop/black- victim killings.
It's a seriously sick society when a four-year- old is heard supporting her mother in the minutes after a white policeman has killed the mother's African American boyfriend – seemingly for doing precisely as the officer had ordered.
The three buccaneers took leave of their senses in invading Iraq – George W. Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard.
This election just got so much harder for Hillary Clinton – to be cleared of criminal misconduct was good news that lasted for just a minute.
The timing of the three-and a half hour interview over Clinton's email server is delicate.
It's a long way from Istanbul to Fallujah or Dhaka – but in the dark geography of Islamic State, the three are strongly connected.
Junking decades of Republican orthodoxy, the maverick candidate vows to shred global trade agreements.
The US Supreme Court found the gifts to Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his family distasteful, but all perfectly legal.
It was one hell of a collision on Monday when the hugely successful American anti-abortion lobby ran into a brick wall called the US Supreme Court.
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