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Jurek Martin has been with the FT since 1966 and has spent 24 years of those years reporting on and commenting about the US. He has written about his long love affair with America. His column is written mostly with Americans in mind, not only about its policies but also about the highways, byways and people.
He first came to the US straight out of Oxford at the age of 21 and spent three years in California as a school teacher, bartender and encyclopaedia salesman. For the FT he has served as Washington bureau chief twice and as head of the New York office, covering six presidential election campaigns.
He was Far East Editor, based in Tokyo, from 1982-86, winning two British press awards for his coverage of Japan, followed by six years as the newspaper’s Foreign Editor, based in London. He then moved back to full time writing in Washington. He notionally retired from the newspaper in 1997 and did not resist the invitation to return to write his column. He was awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to journalism in 1997.
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The inalienable right to tweet
There can be no moment of any day, or in any activity, including sex, when connectivity is denied us, writes Jurek Martin
Soldier on through Republican debates
The televised Republican debates have disproved the conventional wisdom that money is everything in politics, writes Jurek Martin
A cornucopia of Republican turkeys
Never in the 390 year history of Thanksgiving in America have so many turkeys been roaming the land. Unfortunately, most of them are political, writes Jurek Martin
Penn State scandal offers larger lesson
One of the US sporting icons and the president of one of its more reputable universities have been brought down in a tale of betrayal, writes Jurek Martin
Who should head a ‘third force’ in US politics?
Here is a dream team that would combine principle, experience and wisdom, not to mention both sexes, in one package, writes Jurek Martin
The reprogramming of Rick Perry
The Texas governor remains the leading alternative to Mitt Romney despite his lacklustre debate performances, writes Jurek Martin
Michigan leads in Sun Belt versus Rust Belt
Tuesday’s contest between the Republican frontrunners strangely mirrored play on the baseball field, writes Jurek Martin
Republican hunt for the holy grail
If the primaries do not identify a favoured candidate, the scenario of a deeply divided, even brokered, convention becomes plausible
Rick Perry leads ‘Founding Fathers’ movement
Texas governor is proof that Obama cannot rely on conventional wisdom, writes Jurek Martin
Past leaders can point America to compromise
As their successors talk past each other, US politicians of the not-so-distant past serve as a source of inspiration, writes Jurek Martin
