Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.

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The NRA-style potshot is alive and well

Paul McGeough If just a single bully works the neighbourhood, there's a good chance that his protection racket can hold up.

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Sandy strike timely reminder to deniers

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Paul McGeough Can you imagine how events might have unfolded had hurricane Sandy struck a few weeks earlier?

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Pull the plug on Murdoch's modem

Paul McGeough Many families reach a point at which they need to confront the antics of the oldies - it appears to have arrived for the Murdochs.

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US talks reform from comfort of fence

Paul McGeough Amid historic hoopla, something often happens that comes back to bite someone on the bum.

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Oiling the wheels of justice, US-style

Paul McGeough The ritual of the American party conventions is fascinating for foreigners.

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Here's a banking chief worth protecting

Paul McGeough When Muhammad Yunus gets mugged by the government of Bangladesh, our culture of modern hero-worship manifests as blanket indifference.

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In the US, the gun lobby calls the shots

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Paul McGeough It didn't take long for a would-be copycat of last week's Colorado mass killer to emerge.

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This is Romney's campaign to lose

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Paul McGeough ELEMENTS of the commentariat are demanding a Sister Souljah moment from Mitt Romney. The call harks back to 1992 when candidate Bill Clinton gave the African-American rapper a jab in the ribs for her...

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Republicans plot to steal White House

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Paul McGeough There's a fiendish cleverness in perpetrating a fraud in broad daylight.

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What it takes to put Tehran on the mat

Paul McGeough A quick fix is unlikely to emerge from talks in Istanbul, through which the West hopes to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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Foiling attempts to follow the money

Paul McGeough With hundreds of millions of dollars sloshing around, American politics is a saleable commodity.

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A great race is all about the timing

Paul McGeough Some will gloat about the skeleton that tumbled from Mitt Romney's closet this week. But I'm more taken with the timing.