Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman was the US Editor of The Critic from 2019 to 2021. He tweets at @ollywiseman

A third of Americans now support the splitting up of the nation into like-minded countries independent of Washington

Washington’s new family-friendly consensus doesn’t run as deep as it appears

Would the super league have made football more American? If only.

Oliver Wiseman on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan this week

How revolutionary is the president’s economic agenda?

The drift of the ACLU is symptomatic of a wider problem among American progressives

Senator Tom Cotton ticks all the Republican White House boxes – provided the last incumbent bows out

Bad times at the Grey Lady

The surprising continuity of America’s Covid response undermines Biden’s central boast