This is the kind of thing that just depresses me about my home land to no end. Whether or not you agree with his politics, it really, hones...

I'm an expatriate, but I've never subscribed to the whole "I left America because I hate it" notion of being an American l...

So the wife noted recently how we managed to have a relatively illness-free winter down under. Whereupon I, of course, immediately got struc...

US. Rep. Barney Frank, I love you: CNN: Barney Frank goes toe to toe at health care town hall ...While Rep. Frank attempted to respond to a...

Once again, America is trying to revamp its disastrously weak and expensive health care system. I wonder if they'll succeed, but judgin...

How do you show leadership potential and your suitability for the presidency in 2012? Well, by quitting in the middle of your term , for no ...

I don't hate George W. Bush , really. I am fundamentally optimistic about people, and even at 37 years old I still find myself surprised...

"I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,” Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher said. “You know, war is hell....

Doubleplusgood unpolitics George Orwell is one of my writing idols (and although he's been dead nearly 60 years, he's a brand-new b...

The Easter Bunny's coming to your house 'Tis Easter weekend, and New Zealand pretty much shuts down completely the entire time. Me ...

Super duper Tuesday ...I know, more American politics! What can I say -- it's a pretty fascinating year for us presidential politics jun...

30 Days of Bloggery: One More Years ...So it's just about a year now till George W. Bush leaves office , a notion which fills an awful l...

30 Days of Bloggery: Rocking the Vote It's weird indeed to watch the 2008 presidential elections unfold from overseas. I'm still reg...

At least Norway has some sense Way to go, Al Gore! I had a gut feeling the former VP and would-be President was going to win the Nobel Peac...

I like him, but I don't like like him I found my hits spiking this morning and realized that yours truly is the #6 top Google hit for ...

MOVIES: 'An Inconvenient Truth' Oh Al Gore, I miss you. Watching "An Inconvenient Truth" the other day, I have to admi...

Have I mentioned yet how much the American health insurance system SUCKS , and how very glad I will be to move to a country this October t...