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I continued my tour of western states congressional districts last week with a visit to Bellevue, WA in the 8th congressional district. The 8th congressional district race between incumbent Rep. [...]

I could probably actually blog about this every single week and find plenty of fodder, but this week I saw some particularly egregious statements that undermine our efforts to enact effective [...]

Carolyn Bninski, me, and Babak Talebi This week was my first of a series of meetings to talk to prospective members of Congress before they are even elected, and provide them resources on foreign [...]

We have been working throughout 2007 and 2008 to raise awareness about the problems caused by cluster bombs—indiscriminate weapons that rain down “bomblets” that often don’t explode and turn into [...]

Earlier this week, the House had planned to hold a vote on the supplemental on Thursday.  They were looking at three amendments: one that allocates $162 billion to the wars in Iraq and [...]

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton has been never been one to shy away from rattling a saber or beating the war drum. In fact, more than any member of the Bush administration he seems to relish [...]

Imagine that your country has been invaded by a foreign power.  Hundreds of thousands of your fellow citizens have died, 4 million are displaced, and you no longer have access to basic [...]

The past few years, we all have been actively opposing Bush’s failed strategy in Iraq and the underlying philosophy that blunt military force will solve our international problems.  Of [...]

The presidential campaign coverage has reached a new low with television outlets morphing into YouTube echo-chambers and offering wall to wall coverage of Rev. Wright’s skills doing accents [...]

For the most part, I consider myself lucky this election season that I don’t have cable, or even an antenna on my TV for that matter.  It was a bit of a shock watching TV on a JetBlue plane [...]