Meet the New Comments from Left Field

As you can see, I launched a new look for Comments from Left Field today. The change was brought about by both my endless need for something new and shiny as well as the desire to make the site more user friendly. I want to thank Terry from Positively Barack for helping me out with the sidebar stuff and...

Editors Note

The time has come to return some focus to Comments from Left Field. I have tried a half dozen different ways to leverage the good will of others in keeping this site alive over the years and have finally come to the conclusion that I must return. This is not a slight against the efforts put in by Matt,...

Digital Colonialism

My mind has milled around the term “digital colonialism” and what it actually means for feminist and political discourse online. My visions of this term go beyond the simple social dynamics between little blogs and big blogs, jealousy and book deals, anti-essentialism and white normativity. The...

New Project: #rebelleft on Twitter, Tumblr

About #rebelleft on Twitter: The service only works if you have a public Twitter account (free to start and use). If you don’t, and there’s news you’d like to spread, simply ask for a retweet. All issues, news stories, commentaries, and updates from the left are welcome. When tweeting a...

Best Middle East or Africa Blog

If you have a moment and enjoy voting in blog contests, you might want to go over here and vote for Juan Cole’s blog (Informed Comment). He’s up for the Best Middle East or Africa Blog, and right now he is the focus of an attack by Michael Totten (also contending for Best Middle East or Africa...

Vote Tracking

Just a bit of site news: for the rest of today we’ll be running an embedded MSNBC national vote tracker in the sidebar.  Everything will be back to normal tomorrow, but for today after 6pm EST feel free to keep up to the minute poll results right here at CFLF.  We’ve got you covered.  :-)