Report from Afghanistan Part III, Pics
It seems like everyone from US generals on down over here understands that fighting-age men with no job and too much time on their hands is at the bottom of the renewed insurgency. This will be a...
View ArticleFrom Kabul, The Old Man in Kabul
We interviewed an old, old man with a gray beard and a turban, tiny and frizzled, who a neighbor gave twenty dollars to as a charitable gift. She had noticed him sitting on the street outside her...
View ArticleFrom Kabul Location Undisclosed: How to Get Out of Afghanistan Fast.
Najim, my colleague at Jobs for Afghans, jumps out of our van to argue with an ANA soldier who was telling our driver he couldn't go through a traffic point, something about the van being over the...
View ArticleSocial Security Protection Resolution Text now Posted
Last week 11 senators posted the text of the Social Security Protection Resolution. Let's call the remaining Senators and ask them to join this. Sen. Sanders is the sponsor and Sen. Stabenow, who...
View ArticleDemocrats win big in Hawaii
It was a great night to be a Democrat in Hawaii last night. The cheers and high-fives at Neil Abercrombie Headquarters on Ala Moana Blvd nearly brought tears to my eyes when the first print out was...
View ArticleInouye's Chief of Staff Manipulating Governor's Race in Hawaii
Inouye's hatchet man and former Chief of Staff has been using the late senator's machine to manipulate politics in Hawai'i.By her own admission Jennifer Sabas created the "Deathbed Letter" supposedly...
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