Oliver Wiseman

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

Is scrapping the filibuster really in Democrats’ best interests?

Immigration is a fraught issue for the president

A fevered year of Covid and Trump has produced a record spike in UFO sightings

The president is struggling to make, let alone keep, his school reopening promise

Impeachment was a chance for Congress to reassert its primacy. Senators chose not to

The president is pleasing progressives at the expense of his other campaign commitments

Why the new president’s call for unity is more than a platitude

Who deserves to live in ignominy and who deserves a path back?