My head of state in New Zealand is Queen Elizabeth II. We're still part of the Commonwealth , still a fragment of the once-huge British...

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...

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...

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 ...

President Barack Obama. Oh yeah. That's what I'm talking about. It's very nice to feel excited rather than vaguely depressed a...

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....

Kind of hypnotic, ain't it? ...You know, say what you will about Bush (and I will), but the man does have good reflexes.

Politics, politics, politics. New Zealand's Election 2008 has come and gone, and I am just about utterly drained of all insight after ...

Yeah, man, it's all-politics week on Spatula Forum, by god, because it sure seems like there's nothing else going on in the world! ...

Wow. What a moment. What a fine day. I don't care your politics, if you aren't the slightest bit moved by what happened today, you...

I do believe I'm suffering from a kind of pre-election catatonia --- as I may have mentioned, I've got TWO elections this week and ...

So we finally got our absentee ballots from California today. (They apparently got lost in the mail and had to be faxed.) Man, does it feel...

Random Friday notes! • How you know that your once-toddler is growing into a truly rambunctious and rowdy 4 1/2-year-old boy -- he managed ...

OK, here's some fun -- I'm going to live blog my impressions of the first televised debate between Labour's Prime Minister Hele...

So, it's about one month before Election Day in two countries . I wish I could say the New Zealand election was particularly interestin...

McCain: The Mavericking Maverick. John McCain meets Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns , courtesy of the mad mind of Matt Shep...

Random notes for a random Wednesday: • I like cool movie posters. I like the Polish people. Thus, this awesome website featuring 50 Incredib...

So how often do you get to vote for the leaders of two countries within a week? New Zealand's prime minister finally called the general...