After having followed the Financial Times for quite a while now, the other day I called the editors' very pleasant PA, and expressed my conviction that they were increasingly playing the anti— American card. She didn't seem too perturbed by my outrageous suggestion, so I guess I'm not being paranoid after all.   I look forward to the day when my accusations are robustly challenged by the offended individual or media organization, but it hasn't happened yet. The BBC, the Guardian, and the Independent are good at slinging the mud at Americans, but not so good at taking it.   I welcome the Financial Times to the anti—American hall of fame.   The new anti—Semitism of our times has infected much of the British press since Bush's 2000 election victory, with an ensuing surge of contamination after 9/11. Perhaps, expecting the poison not to reach into a paper of longstanding repute such as the FT was a naive assumption. But it certainly is common knowledge...(Read Full Post)