McCarthyism, Then and Now

Do yourself a favor and watch this: McCarthyism, Then and Now

Afghanistan, Strategy, and Learning From Mistakes

Pres. Obama is considering revamping Afghanistan strategy toward an approach that does not involve sending more troops: President Obama is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase in Afghanistan, including a plan advocated by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to scale back American forces and...

Democrats Abroad Canada Meeting with Dennis Kucinich

I am sitting on a conference call with the folks from Democrats Abroad Canada awaiting the arrival of Congressman Dennis Kucinich. I plan to provide an update later but in the meantime I ask that you pay a visit to the website Health Care Stories from American’s In Canada to see some highly relevant...

Honduran Soldiers Defend Democracy Against Crazed Brazilian Diplomats

I know it sounds unlikely, but why would the Honduran military be using tear gas and truncheons to drive off thousands of Honduran citizens rallying in support of Manuel Zelaya (who is inside the Brazilian embassy) unless the embassy staff, led by Zelaya, were getting ready to massacre every last one of...

The fail boat sets dock somewhere down the Nile

[Howdy Left Fieldians, I've been away for a while. Following American politics became a trying matter, then I transferred to Cairo for a semester to brush up on my Arabic. What follows is a dispatch from a country that is very, very unlike yours.] Back in the United States we had to deal with Bush for...