Finally a definitive conviction is recorded against Silvio Berlusconi. Italy's politicians need to learn to live without him, but it's not clear that they are up to the task.
Author: Charles Richardson
Electoral “reform” in Israel
Israel plans an electoral change that seems superficially fair but in context has a clearly discriminatory intent.
Election preview: Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans are going to the polls in a vote that could finally end Robert Mugabe's long and tempestuous career.
Another swing to the left
A swing to the centre-left in Turkish Northern Cyprus raises modest hopes for a renewed peace process.
Big opposition gains in Cambodia
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen has been returned to government, but only narrowly. A much-strengthened opposition will now be well placed to demand institutional change.
One weekend, four elections
The weekend's four elections, in Kuwait, Cambodia, Northern Cyprus and Mali, make an interesting set of contrasts.
God and the neocons
The Economist's Will Wilkinson does a superb hatchet job on George Will in particular and the whole neocon-theocrat alliance in general.
Politics of race never quite what they seem
You too can have fun comparing election results to people's opinions of the Zimmerman verdict.
David Cameron channels Stephen Conroy
David Cameron commits himself to a compulsory internet porn filter, à la Stephen Conroy and Kim Beazley. It doesn't make any sense, but for certain sorts of policies, that doesn't seem to be an obstacle.
Walt Disney bags Nate Silver
The big story of the day is the career shift of the blogger who put statistics on the front page.
