Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman is a former arts editor and assistant managing editor of National Public Radio in Washington. He teaches at the University of Sydney.
Opinion
Trump's America
Fasten your seatbelts, this wild ride will Trump anything we’ve seen
Next year will be like no other year we have witnessed in American politics. Trump is, of course, presumed innocent – but now let’s see what the evidence is against him.
- by Bill Wyman
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Racism
‘White guys can’t get jobs any more!’ A case of US justice turning blind to reality
I grew up in America. I heard all the false claims against affirmative action, but now the US Supreme Court has given succour to racists.
- by Bill Wyman
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US politics
Trump is channelling George Costanza, but this is not about nothing
Donald Trump is now displaying all the bravado of Seinfeld’s hapless sidekick. But like George, the former president’s lies are finally starting to catch up with him.
- by Bill Wyman
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US Votes 2024
America suddenly feels like Gotham. But I can’t see Batman
Ron DeSantis’ entry into the US presidential race was a shambles – but a lot of rich Republicans need him to win.
- by Bill Wyman
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Media & marketing
‘Tucker for president?’ What Carlson does next, now he’s been outfoxed
Carlson will now go back to his website, the Daily Caller, which as of early Tuesday morning in Australia had nine stories about him on its front page.
- by Bill Wyman
‘Big, brassy, and political’: La Cage aux Folles returns to the stage
La Cage aux Folles – the film and stage show which was first a hit in the ’70s – still resonates with audiences in today’s climate.
- by Bill Wyman
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Defamation
Why the Fox News face-off is the trial of the century
The defamation trial that begins this week in Delaware has become a proxy war at the cultural dividing line that currently dominates American life.
- by Bill Wyman
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Donald Trump
Are we watching the dying days of Trump’s shambolic dynasty?
Donald Trump has been indicted for hush money payments to a porn star. The betting now involves how many more times he may be indicted in coming months.
- by Bill Wyman
‘I’m 73 and it shows’: The blues legend who beat Taylor Swift and Harry Styles
Legendary performer Bonnie Raitt’s Grammys win earlier this year, against a who’s who of today’s music, left some junior writers scratching their heads.
- by Bill Wyman
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Courts
Hoo boy! Fox News trumpeting conspiracies is worse than we thought
It’s kind of delicious to see Fox confounded, finally, not by decency or ethics but rather the mule-headed obstinance of its audience.
- by Bill Wyman
Opinion
Donald Trump
Republicans wish Trump would vanish but won’t dare make him disappear
The disgraced former president will loiter as his party’s problem, but not everybody else’s.
- by Bill Wyman