Deadline Pundit

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Publishing
Occupation	Writer
Location	New York, United States
Introduction	THIS IS A REVIVAL. At the end of 2018, I died, twice, on the operating table and spent weeks in a coma. I've been recovering and now, with more plastic in my chest than the North Pacific Gyre, I have the bandwidth to hit the blog again! Born in Liverpool, now resident in New York, "Tequila," "UNtold" "Deserter," "Alms Trade" and "Rum" author Ian has written for newspapers and magazines around the world, ranging from the Australian to The Independent, from the New York Observer and the Village Voice to the Financial Times. He is the UN correspondent for Tribune, and senior analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus. He has pundited on BBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CBC and innumerable radio stations, for example appearing on Hard Ball,the O'Reilly Factor, and Wolf Blitzer. Online he writes for Salon, AlterNet and MaximsNews, among many others. He appears in Comment is Free on Guardian Unlimited. His books are listed below - click and buy!
Interests	Politics, sex, drinks and rock and roll, not to mention, jazz, blues, classical and folk music. Books, including history, with a tilt to Byzantine and Late Roman periods, science fiction, politics and literature. Sailing, cycling and rum. Human life in general!