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Kansas City to Los Angeles

After about eleven days in Kansas City, it was time to begin the return trip, a lengthy journey that would take me more than 56 hours from door to door. The first leg was from Kansas City to Los Angeles, cashing in some…
On the Way to Kansas City

Now that I'm safely back in Thailand, let me share some highlights from my recent trip to the United States. This first portion covers the trip from Bangkok to Los Angeles and San Francisco on my way to Kansas City.Self…
Is America's Fiscal Future Safe in These Hands?

As part of the Budget Control Act passed this month, a twelve-member Join Committee on Deficit Reduction has been charged with recommending at least $1.5 trillion in additional deficit reduction over the next decade. Th…
Blinders On and Heading Off a Cliff

This cartoon from this week's Economist magazine summarizes how I feel about the debt limit debacle going on in Washington right now. While I think there is blame to be shared by all sides, the obstinacy of the Tea Part…
Proposed Changes to Politcal Terms

The thought occurred to me the other day that maybe the problem of the never-ending campaign, in which it seems America has no sooner finished one election season than another begins, would be to change the length of…
Senators Call for Bipartisan Budget Decisions

I read an interesting NY Times article yesterday about the efforts by Senators Mark Warner of Virginia and Saxy Chambliss of Georgia to create a bipartisan conversation about the nation's budget deficit. This as Congres…
Filibustering My Request to Reconsider the Filibuster

With the start of a new congressional season, a proposal has been made by Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) to change the rules about how the filibuster can be used in the Senate. Over the past fifty years there has been a grad…
Thoughts on Politically Motivated Violence

Reflecting on the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and eighteen other people on Saturday morning in Tucson, Arizona, an attack that appears to have political motivations, I'm concerned that not only…
American Exceptionalism

While waiting in a hotel lobby to meet a friend for lunch, I read a front-page article from USA Today: "Obama and America's Place in the World." The article talks about the way President Obama addresses questions of A…
A Wrong Finally Righted

Here is a list of 38 countries. Think about what they have in common:AlbaniaCzech RepublicIrelandThe Netherlands RussiaTaiwanArgentinaDenmarkIsraelNew ZealandSerbiaUnited KingdomAustraliaEstoniaItalyNorwaySlovaniaUrugua…